. American spiders and their spinningwork. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits . )on a si:)ecimen fromMaine, says that the spi-der is found in houses andnear dwellings. Mrs. MaryTreat reports the samecharacteristic of the indi-viduals seen by her in NewHampshire. On the con-trary I have rarely founda specimen except in theopen fields or among shrub-bery and often ([uite remotefrom human habitations. A summer (1888) spenton CajDC Ann, Massachu-setts, gave me an admir-able opportunity to ob-serve the habits of thisspe
. American spiders and their spinningwork. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits . )on a si:)ecimen fromMaine, says that the spi-der is found in houses andnear dwellings. Mrs. MaryTreat reports the samecharacteristic of the indi-viduals seen by her in NewHampshire. On the con-trary I have rarely founda specimen except in theopen fields or among shrub-bery and often ([uite remotefrom human habitations. A summer (1888) spenton CajDC Ann, Massachu-setts, gave me an admir-able opportunity to ob-serve the habits of thisspecies. Those who are familiar with New England hedge rows know how they areformed ; granite boulders and blocks, brought from the meadowor elsewhere, are i)iled along the boundaries between field androad into low stone walls or fences. On either side of thesewalls grow in unchecked profusion the native plants and wild flowers ofNew England. There are shrubs of various sorts, golden rod, great Fig. 107. Orb and nest of the Shamrock spider, Epeira trifolium. Tents in Hedge Rows. ^ Fig. 107, : Orb, 14 x 14 inches; bub, 1 inch; notched zone, i x J inch,irregularly placed; 4 notches below; central space nearly 3 inches. Vineland, N. J., onthe bank of a run. 120 AMERICAN SPIDEKS AND THEIR SlINNINGWORK. red rasjtberries, countless bushes of wild roses in full bloom, elder withits white blossoms or purple fruit clusters, and many other flowering plants,intermingled with weeds and grasses. This interesting bit of tangled jilantlife is a favorite camping ground for innumerable spiders, among wliiili Ifound in August many of the leafy domiciles of Trifolium. This species lives from Maine southward ; I have found it in Massa-chusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Ohio ; and have specimens as farto the northwest as Wisconsin. Dr. Marxs specimens carry her range toBismarck (Dakota), Minnesota, Colorado, and Wyoming. Its distribution isprobably coterminous with that of In
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