Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . Fig. L>39.—Pepsis nigrescens, (New species.)(Black ; wings streaked with blue and purple.) With this insect we end the Pompilidse, and now proceed tothe next group. The Sphegidse are at once known by the shape of the is attached to the thorax by a long footstalk, composedof the first segment of the abdomen greatly elongated, just. Fig. 240.—Ammopliilu nielanaiia.(Black.) as a thin wire is drawn from a thick bar. Sometimes a portionof the second segment is included in the
Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . Fig. L>39.—Pepsis nigrescens, (New species.)(Black ; wings streaked with blue and purple.) With this insect we end the Pompilidse, and now proceed tothe next group. The Sphegidse are at once known by the shape of the is attached to the thorax by a long footstalk, composedof the first segment of the abdomen greatly elongated, just. Fig. 240.—Ammopliilu nielanaiia.(Black.) as a thin wire is drawn from a thick bar. Sometimes a portionof the second segment is included in the footstalk. Some species have this footstalk wonderfully elongated, 4(10 INSECTS LBEOAD. especially in the genus Ammophila. This word is formedfrom the Greek, and literally signifies sand-lover, becausethe insects always select sandy spots for the purpose of formingtheir burrows. All the Ammophiles have similar habits, andour own familiar species, Ammophila sahulosa, affords a very ex-cellent example of the manner in which insects of this genusprepare the homes for their future young. The mother insectselects a suitable spot, and then digs a tolerably deep burrow,rather narrow in diameter, except at the bottom, where it iswidened into a chamber. She never drops the excavated soilnear the mouth of the burrow, but carries it out between thejaws, flies to a little distance, and then, with a peculiar jerk,scatters the sand in a shower. Mr. Westwoo
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