. 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. Cocoon of Agalcna ntevia, spun upon bark. Fi(i. 126. Appearance of exterior, covered with brown sawdust. Fifis. 127 and 128. Views after the outer coverings have been removed. other objects.''^ Our Anierican fauna has a number of closely related rej)- resentatives of this strange genus, wliicli are relegated by Emerton to vari- ous genera,^ and it is probable tliat their cocoonery nearly resembles that of the above species. II.
. 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. Cocoon of Agalcna ntevia, spun upon bark. Fi(i. 126. Appearance of exterior, covered with brown sawdust. Fifis. 127 and 128. Views after the outer coverings have been removed. other objects.''^ Our Anierican fauna has a number of closely related rej)- resentatives of this strange genus, wliicli are relegated by Emerton to vari- ous genera,^ and it is probable tliat their cocoonery nearly resembles that of the above species. II. Tlie most common Tubewoaver in the Eastern States is probably the Speckled Agalena, Agalena naevia. Its funnel shaped nest, with its broad sheeted top spread over the grass or hedges, or stretched in mis- cellaneous sites, is one of the most familiar objects in our land- scape. Its cocoon is attached to some surface, as the leaf of a tree, a rock, or the under surface of a loose bit of old bark. In this position Agalena spreads a circular patch a half inch or more in diameter, within which she encloses her eggs. This is covered Tube- weaving Agale- ninae. ' Staveley, " British Spiders," page 268. ^ See liis " New England ; Idem, page 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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