. Nature sketches in temperate America, a series of sketches and a popular account of insects, birds, and plants, treated from some aspects of their evolution and ecological relations . at one side, through whichthe spider, who was still in her house, could pass in or out atwill. When this little leaf nest was found, it was located closeto the ground and attached to a number of green leaves andsedges. I brought the nest into my study, leaving it on thetable, where the spider could enjoy a certain amount of was not long before she came out to make slight repairs on Abstract of articl
. Nature sketches in temperate America, a series of sketches and a popular account of insects, birds, and plants, treated from some aspects of their evolution and ecological relations . at one side, through whichthe spider, who was still in her house, could pass in or out atwill. When this little leaf nest was found, it was located closeto the ground and attached to a number of green leaves andsedges. I brought the nest into my study, leaving it on thetable, where the spider could enjoy a certain amount of was not long before she came out to make slight repairs on Abstract of article from Entomological News by the present to Chamberlain, this species of spider is Lycosa fatifer Hentz, seeProceedings Acad. Nat. Sciences, LX, 1908, pp. 241-243. My name,Lycosa domifex, is said to be a synonyme, but there is some question on thispoint, as my species is colored differently and the epiginum of the female differsfrom fatifera. ANIMAL BEHAVIOR, WITH EXAMPLES 193 the nest, and then go foraging about. In these expeditionsshe was very inquisitive examining nearly everything on thetable, and occasionally seizing small insects that I had caughtfor The Jumping Spider (Phidippus morsitans) vMh a capturedDatana Moth, Its nest of flossy silk is shown above inthe centre of the dried leaf. The ball of eggs isstored inside, and a hole serving as a door-way is placed at one side. But it was on the third day that I was introduced to thepugnacity possessed by this small nest guardian. In the fore-noon I had incidentally brought in three live Datana moths,which were quietly resting on the upper surface of some leavesof black raspberry. This small branch containing the moths 194 NATURE SKETCHES IN TEMPERATE AMERICA was inadvertently left on the table in a vase of water, about afoot away from the nest of the spider. I left the room for abouthalf an hour at noon, never thinking of the spider. When Ireturned I found that all three of the moths were missing, bu
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