. Elements of zoölogy. Zoology. Fig. 76.—Mud-dauber wasp building nest. Mud-Wasps.— These large wasps (Fig. 177,d) paralyze insects with their sting, storing them up in a benumbed condition in the egg- cells as food for the future young (Fig. 177). The nests are either. Fig. 177.—Showing a wasp's nest of four cells cut open, #, representing a cell with the egg at the bottom, and the re- maining space filled with spiders ; b, the larva full-grown, after having con- sumed all the spiders; c, the pupa ; and d, the imago, or perfect mud-wasp, ready to come Please note that these images are e
. Elements of zoölogy. Zoology. Fig. 76.—Mud-dauber wasp building nest. Mud-Wasps.— These large wasps (Fig. 177,d) paralyze insects with their sting, storing them up in a benumbed condition in the egg- cells as food for the future young (Fig. 177). The nests are either. Fig. 177.—Showing a wasp's nest of four cells cut open, #, representing a cell with the egg at the bottom, and the re- maining space filled with spiders ; b, the larva full-grown, after having con- sumed all the spiders; c, the pupa ; and d, the imago, or perfect mud-wasp, ready to come 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 Holder, Charles Frederick, 1851-1915; Holder, Joseph Bassett, 1824-1888, joint author. New York : D. Appleton and company
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