. The hunting wasps [microform]. Guêpes; Wasps. 262 The Hunting Wasps I. mother's activity to satisfy the appetite of the glutton, who crawls heavily along with his great lumbering belly, amid the scorned leavings: rejected wings and legs and horny abdominal segments. You see her at every moment returning with a recent capture, at every moment setting out again upon the chase. In short, the Bembex brings up her family from day to day, without storing up provisions in advance, just as the bird does, which feeds its nesthngs from hand to mouth. Of the many proofs that are evidence of this method
. The hunting wasps [microform]. Guêpes; Wasps. 262 The Hunting Wasps I. mother's activity to satisfy the appetite of the glutton, who crawls heavily along with his great lumbering belly, amid the scorned leavings: rejected wings and legs and horny abdominal segments. You see her at every moment returning with a recent capture, at every moment setting out again upon the chase. In short, the Bembex brings up her family from day to day, without storing up provisions in advance, just as the bird does, which feeds its nesthngs from hand to mouth. Of the many proofs that are evidence of this method of upbringing, a very singular method for a Wasp who feeds her oflspring on prey, I have already mentioned the presence of the egg in a cell containing no provisions but one small Fly, never :nore. And here is another one, which can be verified at any time. L«'« us look into the burrow of a Wasp wht) stocks her grubs' provisions in advance : if we select the moment when the insect is going in uitli Its prt'y, we shall find in the cell a certain number of \ictinis, the commencement of a Iar,i« r. but never at that time :» grub, nor even an egg, for this is not laid until the provisions are quite complete. VVIiep the egg is laid, the cell is cloM'd and the mother does not return to it. It is thcreiore only in burrows where the mother's visits are no longer necessary that we. 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 Fabre, J. Henri (Jean Henri), 1823-1915; Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander, 1865-1921. London ; Toronto : Hodder and Stoughton
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