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have oddly shaped abdomens, as Fig. 32, under 

 which the rest of the body is partly concealed. 



Epeira caudata, a common gray spider, living 

 in the wood, collects pieces of insects and other 

 rubbish, and arranges it in a line up and down, 



Fig. 32. 



across the centre of the web. The spider 

 stands in the centre, and from a short distance 

 can hardly be distinguished from the rubbish. 

 She also hides her cocoons in the web, in the 

 same line of dirt. 



