






The Spinner Family 
/ We have only to take 
a step or two from Mrs. 
Argiope’s house among the 
bushes to find ourselves 
face to face with another 
of our garden neighbors, 
little Miss Silverback. This 
little Spinner doesnotswing 
her wheel-house vertically, 
as her larger relatives do, 
but horizontally, attaching 
it by cables to the twigs 
and leaves at the sides, and 
beneath to a wonderful bit 
of trestle-work built up 
}\ | out of dainty silk cords. 
lf This little Spinner lives 
on the underside of the 
web, back downward; so, 
as you look down upon 
her, you always see the un- 
derside of her body. The 
first thing you notice 
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Miss 
Silverback 





