Umbrella Web of Spider Beneath the cone is another elaborate system of strands which are used for runways as well as guys. The egg mass is situated at the apex of the cone, and the spider usually hangs back downward on the inside of the cone, near the apex. The spider is dark greenish black, the dorsum of the abdomen red-brown with white markings and the legs black. The body is often 3/4" long, with legs as much as 1 1/2" long. Taro, banana and awa patches on lower end of the slope. Followed trail around to east side of bay and back to schooner. Saturday, July 12, 1924. Ashore at 7:30, landing on sand bank running out from west side of bay. Around point and west along sea beach to ridge beyond village. Stripped bark from dead, fallen tree, getting a quantity of beetles (of several different spp.), small brown bugs, earwigs, grubs, centipedes, mites, ticks, etc. On up ridge through sweet potato patches, and open grass and fern covered slope, along a fair trail. This is the first ridge, going west, which is not forested. Roll 53:2 Looking up the ridge toward Solotivitivi, showing fern and plume grass open cover.