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Index of Subjects --Boundary_(ID_/iM+/GGiPm/2aHf/LsyKMA) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT I think I know the identity of these retreats in the cattail leaves, although I have seen them mostly in/on leaves of grasses in marshes: it's a retreat for a female brown spider known as the two-clawed hunting spider in the family Clubionidae -- another of my books calls Clubiona sp. a sac spider. The female lays her eggs in a silken sac inside the leafy retreat and then stays with them, either until they hatch or she dies, both of which outcomes possibly happening together, I think. Cheers from Jim -- I believe I have a 35-mm. photo/slide of the retreat, both closed and open to show the female with egg-sac. And yes, they do occur in the western provinces, at least Sask. and Alberta. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville Begin forwarded message: > From: David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> > Date: July 3, 2010 2:29:26 PM ADT > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Cattail leaf shelters > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Hi Jim & All, July 3, 2010 > In years past I used to visit cattail swamps for feeds of > catkin (male part just before pollen is shed) and fairly often ran > into spider shelters that were constructed by folding the tapered > leaves; top bent out of the page, left edge secured to underlying > part on a diagonal to right and tip folded back up and secured to > the right edges. > > Are such spider shelters also found in Alberta ? > > YT, Dave Webster, Kentville --Boundary_(ID_/iM+/GGiPm/2aHf/LsyKMA) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> I think I know the identity of these retreats in the cattail leaves, = although I have seen them mostly in/on leaves of grasses in marshes: = it's a retreat for a female brown spider known as the two-clawed = hunting spider in the family Clubionidae -- another of my books calls = Clubiona sp. a sac spider. The female lays her eggs in a silken = sac inside the leafy retreat and then stays with them, either until they = hatch or she dies, both of which outcomes possibly happening together, I = think. Cheers from Jim -- I believe I have a 35-mm. photo/slide of = the retreat, both closed and open to show the female with egg-sac. = And yes, they do occur in the western provinces, at least Sask. = and Alberta.<div><br></div><div>Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">David & Alison Webster <<a = href=3D"mailto:dwebster@glinx.com">dwebster@glinx.com</a>></font></div>= <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">July 3, 2010 2:29:26 PM ADT</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Cattail leaf = shelters</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div><font = size=3D"2">Hi Jim & All, = July 3, = 2010</font></div><div><font size=3D"2"> In years past = I used to visit cattail swamps for feeds of catkin (male part just = before pollen is shed) and fairly often ran into spider shelters that = were constructed by folding the tapered leaves; top bent out of the = page, left edge secured to underlying part on a diagonal to right = and tip folded back up and secured to the right = edges.</font></div><div><font size=3D"2"></font> </div><div><font = size=3D"2"> Are such spider shelters also found = in Alberta ?</font></div><div><font = size=3D"2"></font> </div><div><font size=3D"2">YT, Dave Webster, = Kentville</font></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_/iM+/GGiPm/2aHf/LsyKMA)--
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