. Annual report - Entomological Society of Ontario. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests -- Periodicals; Insects -- Ontario Periodicals. 55 her hind feet; so that it may strike the threads as it kicks, and become entangled with them. As soon as the insect is tied tightly enough to be handled, the spider holds and turns it over and over with her third pair of feet, while with the fourth pair, she draws out, hand over hand, the band of fine threads which adhere to the insect, as it turns, and soon cover it entirely. It is a common habit with spiders to draw out a thread behind as they
. Annual report - Entomological Society of Ontario. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests -- Periodicals; Insects -- Ontario Periodicals. 55 her hind feet; so that it may strike the threads as it kicks, and become entangled with them. As soon as the insect is tied tightly enough to be handled, the spider holds and turns it over and over with her third pair of feet, while with the fourth pair, she draws out, hand over hand, the band of fine threads which adhere to the insect, as it turns, and soon cover it entirely. It is a common habit with spiders to draw out a thread behind as they walk along ; and in this way they make the great quantities of threads that sometimes cover a field of grass or the side of a house. We often see the points of all the pickets of a fence con- nected by threads spun in this way by spiders running down one picket and up the next, for no apparent purpose. Spidei's often descend by letting out the thread to which they hang; and are able to control their speed, and to stop the flow of thread at will. They sometimes hang dowji by a thread, and allow themselves to be swung by the wind to a considerable distance, let- ting out the thread when they feel they are going in the right direction. Spiders in confinement begin at once to spin, and never seem comfortable till they can go all over their box without stepping off their web. The running spiders, that make no other webs, when about to laj' their eggs, find or dig out holes in sheltered places, and line them with silk. Species that live under stones or on plants, all line their hiding-places with web to which they hold when at rest. Several of the large running spiders dig holes in sand, and line them with web, so that the sand camiot fall in ; and build around the mouth a ring of sticks and straw^s held together by threads. Some spiders make a great, irregu- lar nest constructed of grass and leaves drawn together with silken threads. Fig. 22 represents a nest of this kind
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