. Sharp eyes; a rambler's calendar of fifty-two weeks among insects, birds and flowers; . the thing a bit. Do you know what sort of a wasp it is that builds that mud nest ? I asked. I dont know his name; but I know he is deep-blue, and has a very slender waist. >. ^. I see them buzzing around my garret every day. And it has never occurred to you what that nestwas built for? Why, certainly, she replied ; the young wasps areraised in it. I understand all that; but it is those spi-ders that puzzle me, for this nest is all closed up tightAvith mud, and there is no sign of a wasp to be seen,and
. Sharp eyes; a rambler's calendar of fifty-two weeks among insects, birds and flowers; . the thing a bit. Do you know what sort of a wasp it is that builds that mud nest ? I asked. I dont know his name; but I know he is deep-blue, and has a very slender waist. >. ^. I see them buzzing around my garret every day. And it has never occurred to you what that nestwas built for? Why, certainly, she replied ; the young wasps areraised in it. I understand all that; but it is those spi-ders that puzzle me, for this nest is all closed up tightAvith mud, and there is no sign of a wasp to be seen,and he could not get into it if he wanted to, And what do you imagine that blue wasp has beendoing all these weeks while buzzing around your garretrafters? I inquired. Feeding its young ones in the nest, I suppose. And where are the young ones? I asked. They have probably grown up and flown away bythis time. But what has that to do with these l6o SHARP EYES I understand about the wasps, but the spiders are whatI want you to tell me about. My friend knew the wasp-nest and the deep-blueslender-waisted wasp in her garret, but the troublewas that her acquaintance with the insect did not gobeyond the garret window. Had she followed our mud-dauber or mason waspa
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