. The insect book [microform] : a popular account of the bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, flies and other North American insects exclusive of the butterflies, moths and beetles, with full life histories, tables and bibliographies. Insectes; Insects. be emitted. The wasp caujfht its victim ;ind with ;i quick stina; has paralyzed it and thrown it into a comatose condition from which it never recovers. ^^^ In this prehminary struggle often both the wasp and its victim fall to the ground and then the wasp begins the la- borious task of dragging its prey back up the tree strad- dling it with i
. The insect book [microform] : a popular account of the bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, flies and other North American insects exclusive of the butterflies, moths and beetles, with full life histories, tables and bibliographies. Insectes; Insects. be emitted. The wasp caujfht its victim ;ind with ;i quick stina; has paralyzed it and thrown it into a comatose condition from which it never recovers. ^^^ In this prehminary struggle often both the wasp and its victim fall to the ground and then the wasp begins the la- borious task of dragging its prey back up the tree strad- dling it with its long legs, although the Cicada is bigger than the wasp, and working sometimes foi ,m hour or more ^^ until it reaches a height from Fig. 7â.Sphecius spctiosus .Say caiTj-ing which it Can lly obliquelv a cica iâ htr burrow. jown to its nest at some dis- ,/â â ./...,/../..) In , the dryer ard more elevated portions of the lawns, especially slight terraces aloiii,' the sides of roadways, are prelcrred by this wasp for its burrows. Damp earth causes the Cicadas to mould after they have been stored in the burrow. The burrow itself consists of a gently s; iping entrance extending for about inches, when ordina- rily a turn is at right angles and the excavation is continued for six or eight inches farther, ending in a globular cell an inch ...\d a half in diameter. Frequently a number of branches leave the main burrow at about the .same point, each ter- minating in a round cell. Hach of these cells contains, aloDij in Au- gust, one or two Cicadas, and in those cells which contain two the of the wasp acquires a larger size, and, as the female wasp is a great deal larger than the male, Riley thought that one''cicada is required as food to develop a male and two to develop a Kig. .S.âAdult ln-aring egg of tht- di,:4i;t,'r wasj>, at ;i. f From lns,-it Lift-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page ima
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