. British insects (general). Illustrated by Doris Meyer. Insects -- Great Britain. RUBY WASP & GIANT-TAILED SAW-FLY yield Drones, but the Queen's eggs, when allowed to be fertilised by her, produce Workers, or Queens, and unfertilised eggs produce Drones. If food is scarce, owing to a wet, or cold, season, or other causes, the Drones are put to death, but in any case the latter are either driven from home after Mid-Summer, or the Workers nip off their wings. There may be a popula- tion of as many as 40,000 to 50,000 inhabitants in a thriving hive at the height of its prosperity. We now com
. British insects (general). Illustrated by Doris Meyer. Insects -- Great Britain. RUBY WASP & GIANT-TAILED SAW-FLY yield Drones, but the Queen's eggs, when allowed to be fertilised by her, produce Workers, or Queens, and unfertilised eggs produce Drones. If food is scarce, owing to a wet, or cold, season, or other causes, the Drones are put to death, but in any case the latter are either driven from home after Mid-Summer, or the Workers nip off their wings. There may be a popula- tion of as many as 40,000 to 50,000 inhabitants in a thriving hive at the height of its prosperity. We now come to the Non-Stingers among these insect-folk, and in the Group Chrysidce the Ruby Wasp {Chrysis ignita, Fig. 47) may here be mentioned. Al-. though this insect is a non-stinger it can, as a matter of fact, puncture the skin, but it does not inject poison in the wound as with its stinging relatives which are possessed of poison-fang as well as a stiletto. It is a beautiful little insect, and may at once be identified by the brilliant ruby-red abdomen which has a pronounced metallic sheen. The inexperienced might well be excused if possessed of the belief that the Giant-Tailed Saw-FIy [Sirex gtgas, Fig. 48) was capable of stinging, but this 99. 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 Westell, W. Percival (William Percival), 1874-1937. [London] Chapman & Dodd
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