. Economic entomology . Xj'sticus cristatus (twice magnified). Xysticus audax (twice magnified). excites our surprise is the vast quantity of gossamer that may be seen on a warm misty morning in autumn, covering every bush and tuft of grass for miles. It is only in autumn that it occurs, when the young broods of spiders are in full numbers, and it shows not only their great numbers but the rapidity of their manufacture. This, however, we already knew, for it is matter of common observation that a large web of the garden spider may be swept away and replaced in a few hours. In fact, there is no
. Economic entomology . Xj'sticus cristatus (twice magnified). Xysticus audax (twice magnified). excites our surprise is the vast quantity of gossamer that may be seen on a warm misty morning in autumn, covering every bush and tuft of grass for miles. It is only in autumn that it occurs, when the young broods of spiders are in full numbers, and it shows not only their great numbers but the rapidity of their manufacture. This, however, we already knew, for it is matter of common observation that a large web of the garden spider may be swept away and replaced in a few hours. In fact, there is not anything more industrious in the matter than in the Great Eastern ploughing its way through the ocean, and paying out a deep-sea cable as she goes. The whole industry of the spider consists in its walking from one point of attachment of the web to another, no doubt guiding the line with her claws as she goes, and of course to make a large geometrical web there must be a good deal of walking j but there is no industry in spinning the web. It is manufactured and payed out by nature as fast as it is wanted.
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