52 The Structure and Habits of Spiders. 



drawn together, with sticks or bud-scales col- 

 lected near by, or with earth and stones brought 

 up from the ground below. 



Some spiders living on plants make flat 

 tubes, in which they wait for insects, and also 

 hide while moulting, or laying eggs. Others 

 make, especially about the breeding-time, bags 



Fig. 23. 



of silk on plants, or under stones, in which the 

 egg-cocoons are finally spun. 



Dolomedes makes among grass and shrubs, in 

 meadows, a great nest, four or five inches in 

 diameter, Fig. 23, in which is the egg-cocoon. 

 The young hatch and ramble about in this nest 

 for some time. The spider remains near, 

 usually holding on under the nest. 



