. 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 LIFK AND UABYHOOO. 227 Oil opening the door one morning I was surprised to find every object upon the table—books, manuscript, i)ainphlcts, bottles, inkstand—including the box in which the mother spider was contained, literally cov- ered with a mass of sheeted spiruiingwork, which lay over the tops of the objects on the table like a thin silken cloth. It showed the inequalities of those objects, thus presenting a good mi
. 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 LIFK AND UABYHOOO. 227 Oil opening the door one morning I was surprised to find every object upon the table—books, manuscript, i)ainphlcts, bottles, inkstand—including the box in which the mother spider was contained, literally cov- ered with a mass of sheeted spiruiingwork, which lay over the tops of the objects on the table like a thin silken cloth. It showed the inequalities of those objects, thus presenting a good miniature model of the immense cantonment of a modern trav- eling circus company. Tiiis remarkable structure concentrated upon the tidiest object on the table, a large box standing at one corner. To this A Can- tonment and Tower. ifi/4-. Fig. 254. Bridge lines, canopies, and turret spun by a brood of young Citigradc spiders ). point, evidently, the migrating brood liad drifted, and hero a strange sight was presented. Favored by the breeze, one adventurous spider had ap- parently found its output line borne upward until it caught upon the ceil- ing. Up it mounted, and in a little while was followed by others, each spiderling dragging after it a similar thread, until at last a tower like structure was formed, the base of which is represented in the drawing. Fig. 254, reaching entirely to the ceiling of the room, a distance of eight or ten feet. At several places along this were lines which issued towards. 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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