. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. lombriino ; -nripiv, a iintor.) 1.) â hneumoii-flij. itction. They iiro n Mali ilestroy more lis lifetime. Tlioy 3ggs upon vegetal>lo lally 'i<oro holes in le larva state, i).n<l aptaclc. The most ict, not so largo as ay 1)0 seen searehing e eommon cabbage with its sting, or the caterpillar, and eratiou many times I before in the great tinues in apparently ;o into the chrysalis however, is merely ichneumon have all and feeding on the 1 avoiding any vital caterpillar is merely NATLHAL IllSTOUY. .OCIl p
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. lombriino ; -nripiv, a iintor.) 1.) â hneumoii-flij. itction. They iiro n Mali ilestroy more lis lifetime. Tlioy 3ggs upon vegetal>lo lally 'i<oro holes in le larva state, i).n<l aptaclc. The most ict, not so largo as ay 1)0 seen searehing e eommon cabbage with its sting, or the caterpillar, and eratiou many times I before in the great tinues in apparently ;o into the chrysalis however, is merely ichneumon have all and feeding on the 1 avoiding any vital caterpillar is merely NATLHAL IllSTOUY. .OCIl produced by the young ichneumons lying snugly under tlie skin. Just as tiie caterpillar commences its change out come all the ichncununis, looking like little white maggots, and immediately each sjiins for itself a yellow oval case, frequently eiivelo])ing the form of the now cnuiciatcd (â¢ateri)illar. In a few days a little lid on the top of each case is pushed open, and the jjcrfect flics issue foith, and immediately commence their own work of destruction.* t'liiaily. FonjiicidiB.â(Lilt. Purm'im, an Aiit.» Rufa (Lat. red), the Wood Ant. The remaining Hymenoptera are furnished with true stings, that is, with stings to which is attached a poison apparatus, like that Iwlcnging to the teeth of venomous snakes. The Wood Ant is the largest of our British species. It is found principally in woods, and builds a large nest, which looks like a hillock of sand and earth, intermixed with bits of stick, leaves, &e. Tlie interior of this liill is chambered out into a variety of apartments, and is tnivei-sed by passages. The ants' eggs are not eggs at all, but the pupa cases of the insect, and if opened, the perfect insect is seen curled up inside. In the autumn, the ants burst forth by thousands, and may be seen liovering in clouds above the nest. 'Hieir * I examined numbers of caterpillars in the course of disBection, and aeldoni found them free from Ichneu
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