. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. Wasps as Potttrs. Watpi as Potttri. 42s niiiv >,,nirtimis b.' f,>u,i(l , (.^ Tlint ,nim(>n wa-|w wlikli , !,»> hit,, âu, ||âii., - iâ I,, â â¢.re com, paiHr-muk,,- i, a familiar (a,. t., âââ, ,«â , ,1 ,, , , "o. so «vll kâ.,â.n .ha, all «a,,,s .1,, nâ, â ,lââ .h. ! ââ ':,,;,,' I .^'''t''"' nre wasps whâ work in sâ, 1, ,,|as,i,- ,âa.,rial as , lav r n , ,- ' " who mor,. masons than potters. ' "'" "- *"&qu
. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. Wasps as Potttrs. Watpi as Potttri. 42s niiiv >,,nirtimis b.' f,>u,i(l , (.^ Tlint ,nim(>n wa-|w wlikli , !,»> hit,, âu, ||âii., - iâ I,, â â¢.re com, paiHr-muk,,- i, a familiar (a,. t., âââ, ,«â , ,1 ,, , , "o. so «vll kâ.,â.n .ha, all «a,,,s .1,, nâ, â ,lââ .h. ! ââ ':,,;,,' I .^'''t''"' nre wasps whâ work in sâ, 1, ,,|as,i,- ,âa.,rial as , lav r n , ,- ' " who mor,. masons than potters. ' "'" "- *"""' One of lh,s,._th,. h,-.,lh pott,r»,spi Its mst on heath-plants. |i i, a small bla,k and yellow ,r,-ature difhrinf; from th,' ordinary wasp>. amoii^. other Ihin^ hy Its hmd-b,Klv b,mn ronn,rt,'d to the lore- hiKly by a thin waist as h,nL' as th,> fore- h<Hly. Its nest takes th,' form of a h,w round-b<.|M, ,1 vase with a short ne, k and' turned-out lip, and is made of , lav temixTed wilh the «asp's o«n ,-enu ,it supplied from the mouth. It consists of :i single cell, anil bi'fore the mouth is closed it is stiK-ked with small raterpillar- which are believed to be stunfj to them <|uiet-iind the wasps e^fr. Some- times the vase is [ilaied u|,on a broader than the twi^s of a shrub afford ami in that case it a little of its fjiace the bottom beinK flattened to Ki^â e it a bi'tter hold. The wasp'- eRg is not deposited on the li\in(! fooil s,âre, but is suspi^nded by a thread from the roof. The wood potter = and the ipple potter 3 embed small stones into the walls of their nests, so that they have the appearance of having been built up of stones with clay to hold th<⢠together ,., the apple potter occurs in the South of "' vtLLâ« ,.âv, .. Fnince, and Fabre, apparently desc-ribing n,,..â¢,,...,!^^:!::'::^,, '--â,ââ *â¢â¢â â species, says that the fourteen <^ ^â¢^:i!SZn::
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