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Examples
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I place them in the presence of a big Epeira marked with a white cross on a pale-orange ground (_Epeira pallida_, OLIV.).
The Life of the Spider Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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Epeira (_Epeira diadema_, LIN.), decorated with three white crosses on her back.
The Life of the Spider Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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The Silky Epeira (_Epeira sericea_, OLIV.) excels the Banded Epeira in the manufacture of big hunting-nets, but she is less gifted in the art of nest-building.
The Life of the Spider Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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Epeira: they were separated from each other by a space of about two feet, but were all attached to certain common lines, which were of great length, and extended to all parts of the community.
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Theridion, but probably it is an Epeira, and perhaps even the same species with mine.
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This Epeira always stands with its head downwards near the centre of the web.
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The genus, or rather family of Epeira, is here characterized by many singular forms; some species have pointed coriaceous shells, others enlarged and spiny tibiæ.
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I suppose it is too insignificant to be noticed by the great Epeira, and is therefore allowed to prey on the minute insects, which, adhering to the lines, would otherwise be wasted.
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A large Epeira of the same division with Epeira tuberculata and conica is extremely common, especially in dry situations.
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This gregarious habit, in so typical a genus as Epeira, among insects, which are so bloodthirsty and solitary that even the two sexes attack each other, is a very singular fact.
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