. The common spiders of the United States. Spiders -- United States. 132 THE COMMON SPIDERS half as thick as the tibia. The color is pale yellow or white, with black or gray spots, in a regular pattern on the cephalo- thorax and abdomen, and in rings on the legs. Mimetus interfector. — This is about the same size and color as Theridium tepida- riorum, but it has a round and Epeira-like abdomen and spiny legs like Epeira or Linyphia. The length is nearly a quarter of an inch. The cephalothorax is one and a half times as long as wide, widest behind and narrow in front (fig. 314). The man- dibles
. The common spiders of the United States. Spiders -- United States. 132 THE COMMON SPIDERS half as thick as the tibia. The color is pale yellow or white, with black or gray spots, in a regular pattern on the cephalo- thorax and abdomen, and in rings on the legs. Mimetus interfector. — This is about the same size and color as Theridium tepida- riorum, but it has a round and Epeira-like abdomen and spiny legs like Epeira or Linyphia. The length is nearly a quarter of an inch. The cephalothorax is one and a half times as long as wide, widest behind and narrow in front (fig. 314). The man- dibles are long and dark colored, except a spot near the base. The cephalothorax is whitish, with a stripe of brown from the eyes to the dorsal groove. The abdo- men is small, widest in front, like that of Epeira angulata, with two prominent cor- ners. The markings are also like Epeira, — a central stripe, with dark spots along the edges (figs. 314, 315). The color is gray and brown in the darker parts. The legs are light yellow, with dark rings at the ends of the joints. It lives on bushes and occasionally on houses and fences, where it has been found in webs among those of Theridium tepida- riorum. Ero thoracica. —This spider resem- bles the young of Theridium tepidariorum, but the colors are brighter, and the hairs longer and coarser. It is an eighth to. Figs Mimetus 3J4, 3J5- interfector, enlarged four times, showing markings of two different individ- 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 Emerton, J. H. (James Henry), 1847-1930. Boston, London, Ginn & Company
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