. Bulletin. Science; Natural history; Natural history. 38 BULLETIN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES VOLUME 74 ^ i - V i' n. jf 1-'. V-,-= Figure 1. Field web of Anelosimus eximius (diagrammatic). Actual size about two cubic feet. Redrawn j from a field sketch. laboratory at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida. The spiders were housed in vari- ous glass containers until finally a large chroma- tography jar measuring 46 X 20 cm was employed as a permanent cage. The jar was filled with a thin layer of moist sand and potting soil to pro- vide humidity. A large branched twig was p
. Bulletin. Science; Natural history; Natural history. 38 BULLETIN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES VOLUME 74 ^ i - V i' n. jf 1-'. V-,-= Figure 1. Field web of Anelosimus eximius (diagrammatic). Actual size about two cubic feet. Redrawn j from a field sketch. laboratory at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida. The spiders were housed in vari- ous glass containers until finally a large chroma- tography jar measuring 46 X 20 cm was employed as a permanent cage. The jar was filled with a thin layer of moist sand and potting soil to pro- vide humidity. A large branched twig was placed in the jar to provide support for the web. An inch-wide ring of vaseline was applied to the inside rim of the jar, and the entire undersurface of the glass plate which was used as a cover was smeared with vaseline so that the cage could be open for inspection and cleaning without dam- aging the web or injuring the spiders. The spiders were fed insects of several sizes to determine prey size preference, but were most often fed large mealworms every three or four days. RESULTS Field observations.—The field colony of A. eximius was located at the side of an unpaved road cut through the rainforest which surrounded the station. The web was spun around the top of an unidentified woody shrub that measured about two meters in height. The web occupied about. 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 Southern California Academy of Sciences. Los Angeles, Calif. : The Academy
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