The Tent-Makers 
by shaking the grass-blades, you will 
probably catch a glimpse of her eight 
legs as she whirls down her 
stairs, and seeks a place of 
safety in her cellar, or 
among theroots ofthe £ 
grass on the first floor. ” 
Mrs. Agelena does not fi ‘ 
build a new home every 1. 
night, as the orb weavers 
do. Indeed, if you do not ruthlessly 
tear down her tent with your lawn 
mower or sickle, she makes one last 
several weeks. True, she fixes it up 
occasionally, putting a new border all 
around it, and a fresh layer of threads 
on the upper surface. 
None of the Spinners come to us in 
greater numbers than the tent-makers. 
Not only do they camp out on our 
lawns and meadows, but certain species 
pitch their tents upon the horizontal 
branches of the shrubbery in the gar- 
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