American spiders and their spinningworkA natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits . sclope- taria. Fig. 13. MaleArgiopecopli- cing the fe- permitted him to approach near enough, he would slap one ofmale. (After jjig palps upoii her cpigyuum. By this time the female wouldstrike viciously at her lover, and he would drop suddenly outof the web by the usual dragline.^ September 24th, on the banks of the river Arduson, Baron Walckenaerfound a reed, the leaves of which were spun together into a nest by Epeiraapoclisa. He saw the
American spiders and their spinningworkA natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits . sclope- taria. Fig. 13. MaleArgiopecopli- cing the fe- permitted him to approach near enough, he would slap one ofmale. (After jjig palps upoii her cpigyuum. By this time the female wouldstrike viciously at her lover, and he would drop suddenly outof the web by the usual dragline.^ September 24th, on the banks of the river Arduson, Baron Walckenaerfound a reed, the leaves of which were spun together into a nest by Epeiraapoclisa. He saw the male of this species mounting towards the to make observations at his leisure, he broke the reed a little be-low the place where the male stood, and carried the whole to his male did not attempt to run away or quit the neighborliood of thenest. Walckenaer placed the reed in a large box. The following morninghe saw a long thread stretched and the female issuing from her nest upon Structure and Habits of Spiders, page 87.^ Letter to the author, October 17th, 1888. ^ Drawn bv ^Ir. Emerton for this worli. WOOING AND MATING. 37. Fig. 14. Argiope cophinaria embracing the female. Snare and figures aboutlife size. The male is seen in part just under the abdomen. 38 AMERICAN SPIDERS AND THEIR SPINNINGWORK. the border of the box and in the act of pairing. But the male, forthwithfrightened, quitted liis hold and ran rapidly away. The female, on the contrary, remained motionless. The observer captured the two airmg o ^^^^ placed them in a covered glass bottle with the nest which apoclisa *^^® female had temporarily abandoned to meet her partner. He also introduced into the bottle living flies. During three days themates ceased not to caress each other. The female did not return to hernest, but kept below in a reversed position. The male approached herfrom the side, with head elevated, stretched out his feet and spread themgently and slowly upon the back of the ab
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