. 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. 187. The Ray spider seated on her snare, just before drawing the trapline. Discov- ery. concerned, because they seemed to be simply a new spe- cies, or the young of an old species of Orbweaver, hang- ing upon the remnants of webs greatly broken by or- dinary wear and tear in cap- turing insects. But the rep- etition of the form, partic- ularly the peculiar character of the open central, struck me as strange. How could the nets
. 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. 187. The Ray spider seated on her snare, just before drawing the trapline. Discov- ery. concerned, because they seemed to be simply a new spe- cies, or the young of an old species of Orbweaver, hang- ing upon the remnants of webs greatly broken by or- dinary wear and tear in cap- turing insects. But the rep- etition of the form, partic- ularly the peculiar character of the open central, struck me as strange. How could the nets of several spiders possibly happen to be twist- ed into the same shape, and that shape so strikingly odd as that which I observed ? This caused me to make a. Intcrblending of rays upon one axis, central point; T, trapline. • Dr. Thorell, to whom I sent specimens, has recently written me that he considers my Radiosa quite identical with Theridiosoma gemmosum (L. Koch), and agrees with me that on structural grounds alone it may be well ranked with the 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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