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 liv-ing on plants make flat 

 tubes, in which they wait for insects, and als^; 

 hide while moulting, or laying eggs. Others 

 make, especially about the breeding-time, bags 



Fif. 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. f<jur 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. 



