. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. H YMENOP TERA. 649 Family Scoliid^ (Sco-li'i-dae). The Scoliids {Sco'It-ids), The Scoliids are quite closely related to the preceding family but differ in their general appearance, resembling wasps rather than ants. In their habits they do not exhibit as much inteUigence as do most digger-wasps, for although they make burrows in the earth, it is said that they do not have the power of building nests and transporting prey to them for their carnivorous larvse. Instead of this, they dig in the ground in order to find larvae that have buried them- selv
. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. H YMENOP TERA. 649 Family Scoliid^ (Sco-li'i-dae). The Scoliids {Sco'It-ids), The Scoliids are quite closely related to the preceding family but differ in their general appearance, resembling wasps rather than ants. In their habits they do not exhibit as much inteUigence as do most digger-wasps, for although they make burrows in the earth, it is said that they do not have the power of building nests and transporting prey to them for their carnivorous larvse. Instead of this, they dig in the ground in order to find larvae that have buried them- selves to undergo their transformations; and lay their eggs upon such larvae. These insects occur in sunny, hot, and sandy places ; more than forty American species are known. One of our most common species is Tiphia inornata (Tiph'i-a in-or-na'ta); this is a shining black species, and measures three fifths of an inch in length (Fig. 770). It is parasitic upon white grubs, the larvae of May-beetles. Elis quadrinotata (E'lis quad-ri-no-ta'ta) is a magnificent spe- Fig. 770. cies common in the South. It is black, with four yellow spots on the abdomen, and measures nearly or quite one and one fourth inches in length. Family Sapygid^ (Sa-pyg'i-dae). The Sapygids {Sa-py'gids\ This is a small family including only two North Ameri- can genera, and but little more than twenty species. These insects are of moderate size, with short legs, and are usually black, spotted or banded with yellow, rarely entirely black. So far as their habits are known, they are inquilines in the nests of solitary wasps and solitary 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 Comstock, John Henry, 1849-1931; Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930. joint author. Ithaca, N. Y. , Comstock Pub. Co.
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