. The life of North American insects [microform]. Insects; Insectes. ORDER VI. VEIN-WINGED IN^CTS. 241 insect is more than one inch long, and of a dark-blue pur pie color. It makes Fig,,. 068. its abode in the loose,sandy ground, and when digging its hole resembles a dog digging after mice, throwing the earth under it to- ward itc hind body with the fore feet. If the pile of sand becomes too high or troublesome, it. The Mud-wasp. places itself upon it, and throws the earth behind it with great force until it is leveled. As soon as its subter- ranean abode is prepared, it seizes a large spider,
. The life of North American insects [microform]. Insects; Insectes. ORDER VI. VEIN-WINGED IN^CTS. 241 insect is more than one inch long, and of a dark-blue pur pie color. It makes Fig,,. 068. its abode in the loose,sandy ground, and when digging its hole resembles a dog digging after mice, throwing the earth under it to- ward itc hind body with the fore feet. If the pile of sand becomes too high or troublesome, it. The Mud-wasp. places itself upon it, and throws the earth behind it with great force until it is leveled. As soon as its subter- ranean abode is prepared, it seizes a large spider, or a caterpillar, or some other insect, stings it in the neck, and then carries it into its hole. It is curious to see one of these wasps take hold of a cockroach, seizing it by one of its long antenna?, and continually walking backward, com- pelling the cockroach to follow, notwithstanding its great reluctance and constant opposition, until both have arrived at the hole, when the wasp kills it by a sting in the neck, then tears it into pieces, and carries it into her subterranean dwelling as food for her offspring. There are several other species of this wasp which man- age in a similar manner with their prey, but which make their dwellings in rotten wood, as the Philanthiis; or build dwellings of clay upon the walls of houses, as the Pelopmis. There are others which build cells resembling honey- combs, which they manufacture out of decayed fibres of wood, after converting them into a paper-like material. One species of these wasps fasten their abode, which con- sists only of a few dozen combs, upon the twig of a bush or 'i .'i "^^Sl I. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jaeger, B. (Benedict); Preston, H. C. (Henry C. ). New York : Harper
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