The Structure and Habits of SpidersEmerton, J. H. (James Henry)
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The Structure and Habits of Spiders
Emerton, J. H. (James Henry)
Spiders
ANATOMY.—Siebold’s “Anatomy of the Invertebrata”
contains a good general account. Bertkau describes,
in “Traschel’s Archiv für Naturgeschichte,” the
mandibles in 1870, the respiratory-organs in 1872, and
the sexual organs in 1875. Oeffinger describes the
spinning-glands in “Archiv für Microscopische Anatomie,”
1860.
EMBRYOLOGY.—Claparède, Utrecht, 1862, and
Balbiani, in “Annales des Sciences Naturelles,” 1872,
describe the growth of the egg from segmentation
to hatching. H. Ludwig, in “Zeitschrift für
Wissenschaftliche Zoölogie,” 1876, gives an account of the
segmentation in eggs of Philodromus.
HABITS.—Walckenaer’s “Histoire Naturelle des
Apteres” goes over the whole subject. Blackwall, in
“Researches in Zoölogy,” 1834, describes the web-making
of Epeira, and the flying habits of spiders. Blackwall
also writes on habits in “The Spiders of Great Britain
and Ireland,” published by the Ray Society, 1864, and in
various papers in “Transactions of the Linnæan Society,”
1833 to 1841. Menge’s Lebensweise der Arachniden in
“Schriften der Naturforchenden Gesellschaft in Danzig,”
1843, goes over the whole subject, and is particularly
useful on the sexual habits. The same author continues
the subject in “Preussische Spinnen,” published by the
same society, beginning in 1866, and not yet finished.
The habits of the water-spider are described by Mr. Bell
in “Journal of the Linnæan Society,” 1857. The trap-door
spiders and their habits are described by J. T. Moggridge
in “Harvesting Ants and Trap-door Spiders,” published
by L. Reeve & Co., London, 1873, and Supplement, 1874.
Prof. B. G. Wilder has published several papers on the
habits of American spiders, the most useful of which are
the following: on Nephila plumipes from South Carolina,
“Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History,”
1865; Practical Use of Spider’s Silk in “The Galaxy,”
July, 1869; Habits of Epeira riparia, Moulting of Nephila
plumipes, and Nests of Epeira, Nephila, and Hyptiotes, in
“Proceedings of American Association for Advancement of
Science,” 1873; the Triangle Spider in “Popular Science
Monthly,” 1875.
INDEX.
Abdomen, 12, 16.
Adhesive threads, 67.
Adult characters of spiders, 87.
Agalena, web of, 55.
Agalenidæ, 26.
Age of spiders, 112.
Air-sacs, 22.
Air-tubes, 12.
Anyphena, flying of, 84.
Argiope, web of, 67.
Argyrodes, 58.
Attidæ, 28.
Attus, flying of, 85.
Bertkau, experiments on poison of spiders, 34.
Blackwall, age of spiders, 112;
experiments on poison, 35;
on blowing out of threads, 80;
on flying spiders, 82.
Blind spiders, 113.
Blowing of threads, 80.
Breathing-organs, 16, 22.
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