. American spiders and their spinningwork. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits . more orsheeting, which is heaviestagainst which the apex ofenth secured thereto by athe spinnerets,sometimes takes the formin a clump of weeds andstalks, leaves, and blossomsgether as to form tlie lielmeterty Cap domicile hereopen part of the tent waslines that united and heldage of the grasses. Withinnest the spider was en-fore feet to tlie taut trap-at the hub. may be characterized as thelarge leaf folded over andedges by overlaid lin
. American spiders and their spinningwork. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits . more orsheeting, which is heaviestagainst which the apex ofenth secured thereto by athe spinnerets,sometimes takes the formin a clump of weeds andstalks, leaves, and blossomsgether as to form tlie lielmeterty Cap domicile hereopen part of the tent waslines that united and heldage of the grasses. Withinnest the spider was en-fore feet to tlie taut trap-at the hub. may be characterized as thelarge leaf folded over andedges by overlaid lines. Inen (Fig. 255) the leaf wasfive inches long; the lowertoward the snare. Aboutwithin the tent was a cur-from the floor to the roofthree-fourths of one inchpushedupon a along one side of the den high, and one inch wide. Against this curtain the spider hadthe apical part of the abdomen. She was preying, when found,hornet (Vespa maculata), a very good proof of her vigor. It sometimes happens that the single leaf within which the spider isnested will be stayed by lashings which unite it to an adjoining leaf, 286 AMERICAN SPIDERS AND THEIR SPINNINGWORK,. Fig. 256. Nest of the Insular spider, woven with passes and leaves. The spidersfoot is shown outthrust from the nest and grasping the trapline. NESTING HABITS AND PROTECTIVE ARCHITECTURE. 287 as in Fig. 258. Indeed, constant regard is had in the nest architecture to the stabiUty of the leafy domicile. Stay lines of various^f M t^ lengths and thickness are thrown out to adjoining objects until the nest hangs firmly poised, and is thus thoroughly inter-woven with the spinningwork sj^stem of the occupant. A third form of nest may be designated the woven leaf nest. It isshown at Fig. 259, where it is seen to be a close textured silken bell, woven between the needle like leaves of a pine tree. The mouthL °f I? 4. opens downward and toward the snare. This silken tent does not appear to be Moven as closely as that often spun by theFur
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