Australian Museum Journal Occasional notes. No. II. Ova-sacs of Arachnura trilobata, Urq.
- Shortform:
- Rainbow, 1916, Rec. Aust. Mus. 11(3): 65–66
- Author(s):
- Rainbow, W. J.
- Year published:
- 1916
- Title:
- Occasional notes. No. II. Ova-sacs of Arachnura trilobata, Urq.
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 11
- Issue:
- 3
- Start page:
- 65
- End page:
- 66
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.11.1916.910
- Language:
- English
- Plates:
- plate xvii
- Date published:
- 01 July 1916
- Cover date:
- 01 July 1916
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- ARACHNIDA; NEW ZEALAND; ECOLOGY, TERRESTRIAL
- Digitized:
- 27 October 2008
- Available online:
- 16 December 2008
- Reference number:
- 910
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (96kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (780kb PDF)
Abstract
In the early part of May of this year, Mr. W. F. Howlett, of Eketahuma, New Zealand, presented to the Trustees of this Museum, a spray, measuring about 10 inches in length, containing a large series of cocoons or ova-sacs of a spider, Arachnura trilibata[sic—Editor, Nov. 2008], Urq., which species occurs also in Tasmania.
In his letter, dated May 2, 1916, Mr. Howlett says:— "A friend handed me enclosed, apparently the egg-cocoons of a social spider… He says the spiders have all gone away now … I opened one cocoon and found it full of well developed spiders … My friend says the spiders had a very large web 'right across the track.'" In a further letter, dated June 2, 1916, Mr. Howlett says :— "It is 'social,' and of course makes geometric webs."
The species is described by Urquhart as being 9.5 mm. long in the female, and 5 mm. in the male. …