. 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. MATERNAL INDUSTRY: COCOONS OF ORBWEAVERS. 77. Virginia creeper. A pretty environment, indeed, this last one, but of less stability than beauty; for, as the autumn ad- vanced, and the leaves of the ampelopsis dropped to the ground, the egg case, so care- fully wrought by the mother while expending upon it the last energies of her life, fell to the ground, and probably would have soon mingled with mother earth had it not been res
. 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. MATERNAL INDUSTRY: COCOONS OF ORBWEAVERS. 77. Virginia creeper. A pretty environment, indeed, this last one, but of less stability than beauty; for, as the autumn ad- vanced, and the leaves of the ampelopsis dropped to the ground, the egg case, so care- fully wrought by the mother while expending upon it the last energies of her life, fell to the ground, and probably would have soon mingled with mother earth had it not been rescued by the collector's hand. These cases will sufficiently il- lustrate the natural sites chosen by this spider upon which to suspend her cocoon. The hanging of the silken flask is not without an evi- dence of nice care and discrim- ination in the adjustment of its supports. The guy lines are commonly so placed upon the different parts of the cocoon. Pia. 39. Cocoons of Argiope cophinaria, swung among field grasses and wild 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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