. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. 13*) Marvels of Insect Life. spanianls on the iiams iif ((lass. The j:uk-spaniarcl' may bf calU-il ili. wasp of tlie West Indi.'s; it is twiif as larKf as a Hrilisli wasp, and li- sting is in jiroportion more painful; it builds its nest in trees and old lujuses. ; sometimes in the rafters of a r(H)m. These jaek-spaniards were nut .piite ~iiJi easy prey as the ciH-kroaehes had been, for they used their winys, whieh not ..ii. ctx-'kroaeh had attinipted to do. Two jaek-spaniards, hotly pursued
. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. 13*) Marvels of Insect Life. spanianls on the iiams iif ((lass. The j:uk-spaniarcl' may bf calU-il ili. wasp of tlie West Indi.'s; it is twiif as larKf as a Hrilisli wasp, and li- sting is in jiroportion more painful; it builds its nest in trees and old lujuses. ; sometimes in the rafters of a r(H)m. These jaek-spaniards were nut .piite ~iiJi easy prey as the ciH-kroaehes had been, for they used their winys, whieh not ..ii. ctx-'kroaeh had attinipted to do. Two jaek-spaniards, hotly pursued on the wind^ ii alighted on the dress of one of my ehildren. I entreated lu'r to sit still, and reniui, quiet. In an inroneeivablv short spaee of time a party of ants crawled upon In; froek, surrounded, covered the two jaek-spaniards. and crawled down again to ili, floor, dragging off their pre\-, and doing the child no harm. " From this room I wcTt to the adjoining bed-chambir and dres>ing ! and found them e(piall\- in p<issession of the chasseurs. I opened a large milii:in clu'st full (]1 linen, which had been much infested ; for I was cUtermined to Mb evcrv ad\'antagi' of such -ibli. hunter^ inside ; got in hinge: I foimd the ants ' I suppose they must li;i\' at some opening at tli' I pulled out tlu- linen the floor, and witli them hunilii;]- of cockroaches, not one of wlii'! escaped. â â We now left the hoii^i , ,111 went to the chambers buill .11 little distance ; but these h1- were in the same state. I lux' ])roceeded to open a store-roelli .i" the end of the other house ler : place of retreat ; but. to git tin ' jAtK-SiM . thi' ,''> key, I had to return t room, where the battle wa> li"» Aiiii'â¢'SriWM,',i'r,;ii'^.mhu\,,'.'^i"^'-i;'.imi^^ ".'"I'.'.;''".⢠Tnotc hot than cvct. Tlic ant> li:i>: S';;K; ;!;::,.-';;::,â¢ui';LI'"'''''''*''' '"â â 'â¢""â
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