Superfamily Argiopoidea 



Fig. 524- 

 ARANEA DISPLICATA, FEMALE 



viscid thread being omitted from one sector of it. Such a web is 

 shown in Fig. 523. 



I have found the webs of the lattice-spider most abundant 

 in dense foliage, as in an osage orange hedge, and among the 



leaves of an ivy on the side of a 

 building. McCook states that this 

 spider may be often found nes- 

 tled in the angle of a door or window, 

 or other like situations, on the out- 

 houses of farms and rural buildings. 

 Aranea displicata (A. dis-pli- 

 ca'ta). — This is a small species, 

 the larger individuals being only 

 about one quarter inch in length. 

 The cephalothorax and legs are 

 brownish yellow without markings; 

 the abdomen is oval, and is brightly 

 coloured with light yellow or with crimson; on the hind half 

 there are three small black spots on each side. These black 

 spots make it easy to 

 recognize this spider (Fig. 

 524). In the male the 

 black spots on the abdo- 

 men are larger. 



The web is a small 

 one and is usually made 

 among the leavesof shrubs 

 or trees. It is often made 

 in the space enclosed by 

 the bending of a single 

 leaf. The specimen rep- 

 resented in Fig. 525 was 

 made between the lobes 

 of an oak leaf. 



Aranea pegnia (A. 

 peg'ni-a). — The adult fe- 

 male measures about one 

 fourth inch in length. The abdomen is globose, being nearly 

 as wide as long. The cephalothorax is yellow, with a very 

 narrow dark line extending from the eyes to the median furrow 



Fig. 525. WEB OF ARANEA DISPLICATA 



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