American spiders and their spinningworkA natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits . Fr,. 45. Fig. 46. KiG. 46. Cocoon case of Argiope faseiata. Fig. 45. Section ofsame, to show the central egg sac. (After Cuvier.) argy-raspis. ^ Cuvier, Eegne Animal, Arachnides, pi. ii. 82 AMERICAN SPIDERS AND THEIR it is rare. It seems to be less fond of human society, or else less ableto stand the exigencies of civilization than Cophinaria. In outljing sections, where Nature lias been less disturbedby men, it may probably
American spiders and their spinningworkA natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits . Fr,. 45. Fig. 46. KiG. 46. Cocoon case of Argiope faseiata. Fig. 45. Section ofsame, to show the central egg sac. (After Cuvier.) argy-raspis. ^ Cuvier, Eegne Animal, Arachnides, pi. ii. 82 AMERICAN SPIDERS AND THEIR it is rare. It seems to be less fond of human society, or else less ableto stand the exigencies of civilization than Cophinaria. In outljing sections, where Nature lias been less disturbedby men, it may probably be found more is suspended by means of silken guys to theleaves and stalks of grass or low growing plants,which are bent over and also lashed togetherabove the swinging egg nest in the manner rep-resented at Fig. 47. Again, it may be found asat Fig. 48, swung in the midst of a retitelarianmaze woven amidst the branches and leaves of al)ush, or, as at Fig. 49, seated and suspended inthe crotches of a wild meadow flower. The shape of her cocoon differs from Coph-inarias in being hemispheroidal instead of pyri-form ; in other words, it resembles the lower halfof a s2:)heroid. Across the wide top is stretched acircular piece of silk, like the head of an Indiandrum. (Fig. 50.) The outer case is of stiff yellowsilk, as is also the head or top; this part, in acocoon now be
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