. A year of Costa Rican natural history. Euchroma goliath (From life). To face p. 224. pq To face p. 223 JUAN VINAS—THE REVENTAZON FALLEY 225 and exposing the spider which happened to be turned upsidedown. The wasp discovered it as it struggled to turn overand after some cautious feeling about managed to plantits sting into the spiders ventral surface, almost betweenthe bases of the legs. This disabled the spider and the waspthen stung it repeatedly over almost its entire body. Twiceit left the spider and rested on a nearby stone, then returnedto sting it again and again. At last the spid
. A year of Costa Rican natural history. Euchroma goliath (From life). To face p. 224. pq To face p. 223 JUAN VINAS—THE REVENTAZON FALLEY 225 and exposing the spider which happened to be turned upsidedown. The wasp discovered it as it struggled to turn overand after some cautious feeling about managed to plantits sting into the spiders ventral surface, almost betweenthe bases of the legs. This disabled the spider and the waspthen stung it repeatedly over almost its entire body. Twiceit left the spider and rested on a nearby stone, then returnedto sting it again and again. At last the spider was limpenough and the wasp gathered it up between her legs, turn-ing the bulky victim over and over, and then tried to fly offwith it. The spider was too heavy to be easily lifted andas the wasp struggled a train of packmules came alongobliging us to move; this frightened the wasp away. On the under side of a large rock overhanging the side ofthe road was a hymenopterous nest covered with a graypapery substance closely resembling the rock in color. Thiscover was flattened, the nes
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