Fig. 36.—Web of a Dictynid, on a dead branch of Ceanothus, somewhat enlarged. 
on plants. These webs are especially common among the 
flowers of Golden-rod and other plants having clusters of 
INSECTS AND THEIR NEAR RELATIVES. 33 
This band of tangled or curled threads is easily seen in 
the webs of these spiders, being wider than 
the ordinary threads and white in color. In 
old webs it becomes conspicuous by the large 
amount of dust which it collects. Figure 35 
shows the appearance of this band when 
magnified, and the way in which it is attached 
to the plain threads. 
Our more common Dictynids make webs of various 
shapes, on fences, under stones, in holes in rotten logs, and 
Fig. 35.—Curled 
thread of 
Dictynid, 
larged. 
a 
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