American spiders and their spinningworkA natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits . 106 AMERICAN SPIDERS AND THEIR Fig. 99. Dome shaped snaxe and suspended cocoon string! of the Basilica spider. MATEIiNAL INDUSTRY : COCOONS OF OKBWEAVERS. 107 loosely, by attaching threads, as is the case of some other spiders thatmake several cocoons. However, in this respect, the habit may differ. As a rule these cocoons are stretched like those caudata, along the axis of tlie mothershorizontal orb, and are thus


American spiders and their spinningworkA natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits . 106 AMERICAN SPIDERS AND THEIR Fig. 99. Dome shaped snaxe and suspended cocoon string! of the Basilica spider. MATEIiNAL INDUSTRY : COCOONS OF OKBWEAVERS. 107 loosely, by attaching threads, as is the case of some other spiders thatmake several cocoons. However, in this respect, the habit may differ. As a rule these cocoons are stretched like those caudata, along the axis of tlie mothershorizontal orb, and are thus im-mediately under the maternalcare. (Fig. 103.) In this posi-tion I have seen them in , and thus MrS. Treat has ^- ^^ ^°° ° ^ Uloborus, enlarged observed them, and so also Mr. to show the surfaceEnierton lias described them. ^°*-


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