. 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. 96 AMERICAN SPIDERS AND THEIR An example or two of moulting as seen in special individuals will serve to define more clearly the above general description. A nearly mature female of Argiope cophinaria was observed (August 19th) in rgiope ^je ^naj S£age Q£ moulting. When first seen she was suspended head downward to the central shield of her snare, as represented in Fig. 58. The ccphalothorax had already escaped f
. 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. 96 AMERICAN SPIDERS AND THEIR An example or two of moulting as seen in special individuals will serve to define more clearly the above general description. A nearly mature female of Argiope cophinaria was observed (August 19th) in rgiope ^je ^naj S£age Q£ moulting. When first seen she was suspended head downward to the central shield of her snare, as represented in Fig. 58. The ccphalothorax had already escaped from the shell, and the dorsal part of the moult still clung to the pedicle and stood straight out at right angles to the body. The ,. abdomen was just ready to escape, and, indeed, slipped out of the shell as I ap- proached, and the skin lay in a rum- V J A 1/ II pled mass at the end of the thread by which the creat- ure was 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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