. The common spiders of the United States. Spiders. Fig. 391. Epeira cinerea.— Back of female enlarged twice. numbers, usually in the woods, sometimes in webs hung between trees high above the ground. Epeira cinerea. — This large spider is common in the northern part of New England, from Maine to New York, where it lives in great numbers about barns and houses. It grows to three-quarters of an inch in length, with the abdomen proportionally larger than angnlata and with two small humps on the front part (fig. 391). The color is dirty white, with grayish markings and long white hairs scattered
. The common spiders of the United States. Spiders. Fig. 391. Epeira cinerea.— Back of female enlarged twice. numbers, usually in the woods, sometimes in webs hung between trees high above the ground. Epeira cinerea. — This large spider is common in the northern part of New England, from Maine to New York, where it lives in great numbers about barns and houses. It grows to three-quarters of an inch in length, with the abdomen proportionally larger than angnlata and with two small humps on the front part (fig. 391). The color is dirty white, with grayish markings and long white hairs scattered all over the body. The cephalothorax is a little dark- ened at the sides, but has no distinct stripes. The legs have gray rings at the ends and middle of each joint, which are hardly visible in some individuals and almost black in others. The markings are like those of aiigulata, but paler and often indistinct. The sternum is brown, and the under side of the abdomen has a central dark stripe bordered by curved yellow markings. The epigynum is small, as in angii- lata, but the finger is flattened and turned up at the end. The male is colored like the female, with the hairs on the legs coarser and darker. The tibia of the second legs of the male is not thickened or modified as it is in angnlata. The webs resemble those of E. sciopctaria, and the spider has similar habits, standing in the web at night and usually leaving it in the daytime; and it has no special thread from the web to the nest. Epeira corticaria. — This is a small species about quarter of an inch in length, with the abdomen angular in front, where it is as wide as long (fig. 392). The colors are generally lighter and. Fig. 392. Epeira corti- caria.— Back of female enlarged eight 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 Eme
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