. Elementary textbook of economic zoology and entomology. Zoology; Insect pests. CHAPTER XVIII INSECTS (Continued): WASPS, ANTS, THE HONEY- BEE AND OTHER BEES Wasps.—The wasps are divided into two groups, viz., the solitary or digger wasps (superfamily Sphecina), and the social wasps (super-family Vespina). The Sphecina, as represented in North America, include a dozen or more families, while the Vespina include but three, but these latter wasps, or a few of them, the hornets and yellow-jackets, are more often seen and much better known popularly than the solitary wasps. Among the solitary bee
. Elementary textbook of economic zoology and entomology. Zoology; Insect pests. CHAPTER XVIII INSECTS (Continued): WASPS, ANTS, THE HONEY- BEE AND OTHER BEES Wasps.—The wasps are divided into two groups, viz., the solitary or digger wasps (superfamily Sphecina), and the social wasps (super-family Vespina). The Sphecina, as represented in North America, include a dozen or more families, while the Vespina include but three, but these latter wasps, or a few of them, the hornets and yellow-jackets, are more often seen and much better known popularly than the solitary wasps. Among the solitary bees each female makes a simple nest, usually a short burrow in the ground or in a plant stem (in the case of a. FIG. 86.—Digger-wasp, Ammophila, putting inch-worm into nest-burrow. (From life; natural size.) few parasitic kinds the wasp makes no special nest at all), lays one or more eggs in it, stores it with food for the hatching larvae, and closes it up. This food is usually other insects or spiders stung to death or, more commonly, stung in such a way as not to kill but paralyze the prey. When the wasp larvae hatch they find their food all ready for them, devour it slowly as they grow, pupate in the nest burrow, and finally issue as full fledged wasps. The social wasps live, as is well known, in large communities composed of an active egg-laying female or queen, a few males 183. 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 Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman), 1867-1937; Doane, Rennie Wilbur, 1871-. New York, H. Holt and company
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