. St. Nicholas [serial]. THE YELLOW-LEGGED CARABID GROUND-BEETLE (HAR-PALUS) UNDER THE SNOW-CRUST. On almost any bright day in winter, if not too cold, in places wherethe sun has melted the snow, these little beetles may be seen runningabout under the edges of the snow in search of food. These beetlesare carnivorous, killing other insects; and in warm weather they arevery common, often seen under dead leaves and under stones andlogs, and are frequently attracted by light at night. PAPER-NEST WASPS AND BIG BLACK ANTS WINTERING WITHIN THEVACATED BURROW OF A WOOD-BORING BEETLE LARVA. Shown by spl
. St. Nicholas [serial]. THE YELLOW-LEGGED CARABID GROUND-BEETLE (HAR-PALUS) UNDER THE SNOW-CRUST. On almost any bright day in winter, if not too cold, in places wherethe sun has melted the snow, these little beetles may be seen runningabout under the edges of the snow in search of food. These beetlesare carnivorous, killing other insects; and in warm weather they arevery common, often seen under dead leaves and under stones andlogs, and are frequently attracted by light at night. PAPER-NEST WASPS AND BIG BLACK ANTS WINTERING WITHIN THEVACATED BURROW OF A WOOD-BORING BEETLE LARVA. Shown by splitting a tree. The wasps are the last to take refugeand the first to leave, the ants seldom coming out till spring. Andnever do the wasps encroach upon the ants, no doubt fearing thepowerful jaws of those valiant warriors. But often the chisel bill ofthe wintering woodpecker demolishes these retreats, and the waspsand ants are devoured. A naturalist once, after experiments in freez-ing insects and finding that those that
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