. American spiders and their spinning work. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits. Spiders. CHAPTER III. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ORBWEAVERS' SNARES. The so-called " geometric web " which one sees in art work and book illustrations has no place in nature. Were that taken as the standard one would decide that there is little need of comparison, and no room for classification, since in the books no more differences exist among Orb- weavers' snares than might be found in the four wheels of a Pia. 47.
. American spiders and their spinning work. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits. Spiders. CHAPTER III. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ORBWEAVERS' SNARES. The so-called " geometric web " which one sees in art work and book illustrations has no place in nature. Were that taken as the standard one would decide that there is little need of comparison, and no room for classification, since in the books no more differences exist among Orb- weavers' snares than might be found in the four wheels of a Pia. 47. A vertical snare, full orbed. Snare ol" Argiope cophinaria. Unfortunately our artists, and indeed the same is largely true of natural- ists as concerns cobwebs, are too much intent upon general effects to attend to such small details as variations in the web architecture of a spider. As common a figure as is the wliocl shaped snare of the Orbweaver, I re- member but one which gave proof of having been drawn from a natural (52). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original McCook, Henry C. (Henry Christopher), 1837-1911. [Philadelphia] The Author, Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia
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