. American spiders and their spinning work. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits. Spiders. 32 AMERICAN SPIDERS AND THEIR SPINNINGWORIC. indicate the species, and these placed in small paper trays (see Fig. 19), bound in by two India rubber bands slipped over the box. These trays are placed upon end inside of my cabinet boxes, and tlio name Preserv- q£ ^j^^ species marked distinctly on the top. Any other notes "as to date, locality, etc., can be jotted upon the back or on the inside of the tray. The trays may be
. American spiders and their spinning work. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits. Spiders. 32 AMERICAN SPIDERS AND THEIR SPINNINGWORIC. indicate the species, and these placed in small paper trays (see Fig. 19), bound in by two India rubber bands slipped over the box. These trays are placed upon end inside of my cabinet boxes, and tlio name Preserv- q£ ^j^^ species marked distinctly on the top. Any other notes "as to date, locality, etc., can be jotted upon the back or on the inside of the tray. The trays may be readily stored in boxes with stiff pasteboard or wooden partitions, according to the width of the tray, and the whole kept in a small cabinet. (Fig. 20.) A quite small cabinet will suffice to contain all the species of any neighborhood. A stout umbrella is a very important implement in collecting. The open umbrella should be placed (handle upwards) underneath the bushes, and these beaten in the ordinary way. When the umbrella is lifted aside, there will be found numbers of insects of various kinds, along with bits of leaves, twigs, etc., and more or fewer spiders of various sorts. These can readily be taken in boxes or in the collecting bottle. I have often found advantage in holding the um- brella off a little distance and invert- ing it slowly. The rubbish will drop on the ground and the spiders will also fall, but hold on to the little dropline which they instinctively throw out when falling. The bottle can then be raj)idly placed beneath these swinging individuals, who are thus secured. The ordinary ento- mologist's bag may also be used for sweej)ing the grasses and hedge rows. Many species will be found by sifting the fallen leaves and other rubbish of the woods and fields, within which they hide. Others will be found underneath the bark of old trees and fallen logs. A cupping glass and a card usually answer for collecting large ground spiders. I have taken the great tara
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