American spiders and their spinningworkA natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits . ck downward; third, the male touches her ? Walckenaer, Apteres, Vol. II., pages 63, 64. WOOING AND MATING. 39 back and feet; fourth, the male palpal Viulbs are applied many times to theepigynum; fifth, the embrace ceases, the female remains stationary in tl^esame place, the male wanders about, makes a straggling web and^^^^^catches flies; sixth, the male comes before the female, touches her? feet, and remains vis-a-vis; seventh, the female
American spiders and their spinningworkA natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits . ck downward; third, the male touches her ? Walckenaer, Apteres, Vol. II., pages 63, 64. WOOING AND MATING. 39 back and feet; fourth, the male palpal Viulbs are applied many times to theepigynum; fifth, the embrace ceases, the female remains stationary in tl^esame place, the male wanders about, makes a straggling web and^^^^^catches flies; sixth, the male comes before the female, touches her? feet, and remains vis-a-vis; seventh, the female makes a tube andenters it; eighth, the male penetrates the tube; ninth, the pair remainfor ten days domiciled within this bower, the female staying persistentlywithin, the male making frequent excursions; tenth, on the twelfth daythe female leaves the tulmlar bower and returns to her leafy nest; elev-enth, the male makes no attempt \o follow her, but wanders around thebottle, seeking to escape. At this point observation ended, but theie wasprobably nothing further to observe. Zilla callophylla is lacking in ferocity, and lives on good terms with. ? Fig. 15. Fig. 16. Fig. 17. Argyroepeira hortorum. Fig. 15, male ; Fig. 16, female; Fig. 17, the male palps,much enlarged. (After Emerton.) her mate. September 30th a male and female of this species were takenby Walckenaer, and placed in a glass bottle. The male, afterZilla ca - ^j^^ ordinary preliminary caresses, such as touching with the ex-tended feet, stretched some threads in the manner of those whichserved the female to descend from the top of the bottle to the bottom, wherehe was. Then, by the movement of her feet, she excited her spouse toapproach her. Every part of the males body trembled in a sensible man-ner. He advanced towards his mate, not without appearance of fear, sinceshe received him with open mandibles. Three times he essayed, alwayswhile advancing, to introduce the genital organ of one of his palps intothe vulva o
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