. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. THE TARANTULA S HOME BECOMES ITS TOMB After cxamininf; the victim with extreme care, the wasp—always walking backward—drags the paralyzed spider to its own hole. When she gets it to the bottom of the burrow she will calmly lay an egg on the captive, close the hole, and go I'hiiln;;im,h- bv I,« I'ussmcre THE END or A TARANTULA, THE BEGINNING OF ANOTHER WASP From the egg laid on the living spider's body will emerge a grub that will feed upon the victim and ultimately become a tarantula hawk, perhaps a fighting female like
. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. THE TARANTULA S HOME BECOMES ITS TOMB After cxamininf; the victim with extreme care, the wasp—always walking backward—drags the paralyzed spider to its own hole. When she gets it to the bottom of the burrow she will calmly lay an egg on the captive, close the hole, and go I'hiiln;;im,h- bv I,« I'ussmcre THE END or A TARANTULA, THE BEGINNING OF ANOTHER WASP From the egg laid on the living spider's body will emerge a grub that will feed upon the victim and ultimately become a tarantula hawk, perhaps a fighting female like its warrior mother (p. 55).. 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 Washington, D. C. : National Geographic Society
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