. American spiders and their spinningwork. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits . she hangs underneaththe hub, to the remotest part of her foundation lines, with which the drag-line is generally connected. She remains stationary at her point of refuge,or hides beneath a leaf, or sometimes drops to the earth. I have never seen the snare of Hortorum in a vertical position, andhave rarely noticed it inclined in any degree from the horizontal; but haverecord of one web that inclined about forty-five degrees. In this orb
. American spiders and their spinningwork. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits . she hangs underneaththe hub, to the remotest part of her foundation lines, with which the drag-line is generally connected. She remains stationary at her point of refuge,or hides beneath a leaf, or sometimes drops to the earth. I have never seen the snare of Hortorum in a vertical position, andhave rarely noticed it inclined in any degree from the horizontal; but haverecord of one web that inclined about forty-five degrees. In this orb thefoundation lines were attached to the leaves of a plant eighteen inches high, upon which the snare was hung. From these,retitelarian lines were carried downward to anadjoining tree, making a rude appearance of aninverted pjTamid. This apron was not carried upclose to the orb, but separated from it about thedistance of five or six inches. This is the ordi-nary position of the apron, and in this respect isquite analogous to the corresponding situation of orb and laljyrinth in thesnare of Epeira labyrinthea. Indeed, it may be said as a general fact that. Section of foundation lines and orb of the Orchardspider. Natural size.
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