. 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. 216 AMEKICAN SPIDERS AND TIIEIH SPINNINGWORK. a pebble fixed therein, would have been more advantageous to the spider? This is equally true of all known cases of counterpoise. After having cited my opinion, as communicated in my letter to Dr. Thorell, Professor Parona expresses, though with some reserve, his belief. Fig. 204. Swinging nest of the Shamrock spider, Epeira trifolium. that the act recorded by him was an intentional
. 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. 216 AMEKICAN SPIDERS AND TIIEIH SPINNINGWORK. a pebble fixed therein, would have been more advantageous to the spider? This is equally true of all known cases of counterpoise. After having cited my opinion, as communicated in my letter to Dr. Thorell, Professor Parona expresses, though with some reserve, his belief. Fig. 204. Swinging nest of the Shamrock spider, Epeira trifolium. that the act recorded by him was an intentional one on the part of Meta. The counterpoise could not have been lifted up from the garden path, as no such material entered into the composition thereof. It had evidently come from the vault above, as it was of the same material, and retained living tufts of a moss that grew upon the overhanging vault. Moreover, if I correctly understand Professor Parona, Parona's 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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