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Figure 3. Miagrammopes sp. 2 in cryptic posture as it feeds and holds the non- 
sticky resting thread. 
M. in temp us 
Webs of this species were variable and most were different from 
those of other Miagrammopes species. One mature female held 
both a horizontal and a vertical sticky thread with her front legs, 
and a single, short, non-sticky line with her rear legs (Fig. 4). A 
second female also held two capture threads, but both were at an 
angle rather than being either horizontal or vertical. The first spider 
was induced to move forward along the horizontal thread several 
times and her return to the waiting position was observed carefully 
(Fig. 4). Each time she tensed the sticky threads by pulling them 
in with her front legs; she did not move her hind legs. Another 
individual, on a web which was similar except that the horizontal 
thread did not appear to be sticky, held the sticky vertical thread 
in the same way that M. simus held the capture thread and tensed 
it by pulling thread with both front and hind legs. Still other in- 
dividuals with single, horizontal, sticky threads (Fig. 5) failed to 
pull in silk as they assumed the waiting position. One vertical 
thread had several very fine, loose, horizontal lines attached to it, 
similar to those shown in Fig. la for M. simus. 
