American spiders and their spinningworkA natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits . aving attlie bottom a circularopening one-eighth inchin diameter, throughwhich the spider jiassedto and fro. A thickerband of silk, of the mostbeautiful whiteness, look-ing like spun glass, passesacross the centre of theenclosing tent, joined atone end to the jnirror,and at the other to thecabinet work. The tent and cocoon are partly woven upon the glass ofthe mirror. The tent is about two inches long and one and a half inch wide,and the co
American spiders and their spinningworkA natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits . aving attlie bottom a circularopening one-eighth inchin diameter, throughwhich the spider jiassedto and fro. A thickerband of silk, of the mostbeautiful whiteness, look-ing like spun glass, passesacross the centre of theenclosing tent, joined atone end to the jnirror,and at the other to thecabinet work. The tent and cocoon are partly woven upon the glass ofthe mirror. The tent is about two inches long and one and a half inch wide,and the cocoon, which is somewhat irregular in shape, is about three-fourthsof an inch in diameter. A few separate lines are stretched across the entirespinningwork, and attached on either side of the angle or corner whichcontains the cocoon. A few days after finishing this work of maternalindustry the mother died. According to Hentz this species attaches itscocoon to the under side of a leaf, and remains near it. There is evidently a good deal of variety among the cocoons of Lateri-grades. Many of them consist of two stiff, pajier like pieces, viz., first, a. Fig. 188. Cocoon and tent of the Laterigrade, Misumena vatia,woven upon a ladies dressing bureau. Spidere^U. S., page 78, on Thoniisus fartus. GENERAL COCOONING HABITS OF SPIDERS. 153
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