. The hunting wasps [microform]. Guêpes; Wasps. The Ignorance of Instinct i8i. legs, while with her front tarsi, which she first puts into her mouth, she washes her eyes. This, so it has always seemed to me, is a sign m Hymenoptera ot giving up a job. Nevertheless there is no lack of parts by which the Ephippiger might be seized and draggp'' '1^ ig as easily as by the antennae and the p. here are the six legs, there is the ovipc â all organs slender enough to be grippe - , Jidly md to serve as hauling-ropes. I agree that the easiest way to effect the storing is to introduce the prey head firs
. The hunting wasps [microform]. Guêpes; Wasps. The Ignorance of Instinct i8i. legs, while with her front tarsi, which she first puts into her mouth, she washes her eyes. This, so it has always seemed to me, is a sign m Hymenoptera ot giving up a job. Nevertheless there is no lack of parts by which the Ephippiger might be seized and draggp'' '1^ ig as easily as by the antennae and the p. here are the six legs, there is the ovipc â all organs slender enough to be grippe - , Jidly md to serve as hauling-ropes. I agree that the easiest way to effect the storing is to introduce the prey head first, drawn down by the antennae ; but it would enter almost as readily if drawn by a leg, especially one of the front legs, for the orifice is wide and the passage short or sometimes even non-existent. Then how is it that the Sphex did not once try to seize ore of the six tarsi or the tip of the ovi- positor, whereas she attempted the impossible, the absurd, in striving to grip, with her much too short mandibles, the huge skull of her prey ? Can it be that the idea did not occur to her ? Then we will try to suggest it. I offer her, right under her mandibles, first a leg, next the end of the abdominal rapier. The insect obstinate' - refuses to bite ; my repeated blandishments lead to nothing. A singular huntress, to be embarrassed by her game, not knowing how to seize it by a leg when she is. 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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