Ao ee ee a a eee eennne + nen ecennn nese 
The Silk-Combers 
and forth so that the comb pulls the 
fine threads from the cribellum and 
at the same time 
tangles them into a 
white, curly band. 
This band is made 
of the stickiest kind 
of silk, and never fails to hold fast 
any insect that touches it. If you 
could catch hold of one of these 
curled bands between the thumb and 
finger of each hand you could pull the 
kinks out of it, stretching it to at least 
ten times its former length. 
Some of the curly-thread weavers 
who live in the woods make a web 
something like Mrs. Epeira’s, only it is 
triangular in form instead of round. 
The lines that correspond to Mrs. 
Kpeira’s spiral are made of the curled 
silk bands. 
Leg of the Sitk-Comber 
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