Let us compare the work of the Banded Epeira with that of the Penduline Titmouse, the cleverest of our small birds in the art of nest-building.
"The Life of the Spider"
J. Henri Fabre
Tiny dead stalks, with fibrous barks, well softened by the action of moisture and the air, furnish the Penduline with a coarse tow, not unlike that of hemp.
"The Life of the Spider"
J. Henri Fabre
In order to pass through it, the Penduline, small though he be, has to force the elastic partition, which yields slightly and then contracts.
"The Life of the Spider"
J. Henri Fabre