. 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. THE GENESIS OF SNARES. 343 any apparent purpose of the spider, drop into a maze of interlacing single threads, which would present in crude form the typical snare of such genera as Theridium, Pholcus, Ero, Neriene, and others of the Retitclarite. That web is, in point of fact, just such a snare as I have seen other spiders make, notably the Orbweavers, by such I)urposeless moving back and forward as I have mentioned. To be sure
. 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. THE GENESIS OF SNARES. 343 any apparent purpose of the spider, drop into a maze of interlacing single threads, which would present in crude form the typical snare of such genera as Theridium, Pholcus, Ero, Neriene, and others of the Retitclarite. That web is, in point of fact, just such a snare as I have seen other spiders make, notably the Orbweavers, by such I)urposeless moving back and forward as I have mentioned. To be sure, the snares of Theridium and Pholcus, as we now see them, have a little more finished character than that of the crude cobweb Therid- ium's Parental Fia. 334. The sheeted web of Linyphia costata. described, but the difference is not very great, and it therefore implies a rigid persistence in habit throughout an immense period of time. We take another step in the development of web making, confining ourselves still to the tribe of Lineweavers. I have already described, in the chapter on Engineering Skill, the manner in which Theridium tends. 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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