. The American entomologist. Entomology. Coloi-s—Yellow and rust-red. Quaker farmer of Norristown, Pennsylvania, to the Gigantic Digger-wasp {Slizus grcindis, Say) Figure 102, provisioning its nest with a Cicada (Locust). We repeat here the figure given in our first number, and quote at full length what Mr. Borden told us on the .subject: Iu the summer of 1866 my attention was called to a colony of large wasps or hornets near this town. A company of us armed with pick and shovel paid them a ; They were locatcil on the side of a stone turnpike. They burrowed in towards the center of
. The American entomologist. Entomology. Coloi-s—Yellow and rust-red. Quaker farmer of Norristown, Pennsylvania, to the Gigantic Digger-wasp {Slizus grcindis, Say) Figure 102, provisioning its nest with a Cicada (Locust). We repeat here the figure given in our first number, and quote at full length what Mr. Borden told us on the .subject: Iu the summer of 1866 my attention was called to a colony of large wasps or hornets near this town. A company of us armed with pick and shovel paid them a ; They were locatcil on the side of a stone turnpike. They burrowed in towards the center of the road, llaril ground appeared to be no obstacle, and when they encountered a stone they turned and went around it. Their burrows were aliout three feet loii^-. with two or three galleries alxuil one foot long. Eaeli gallery terminated in a ehandjer eousideraUly en- larged. In each of these chambers they appeared to have reared one yomig. We did not find any larva, but we found several in the jiupa state. Also in each cliainber we found the remains cd' one of our connnon locusts {C'l' This In-n^t iu our .section is ciuisider- atplv larscr than the- 17-year locust. The bin-rows were just large enough to admit this loi'Ust, (Ine person had witnessed the "operation of taking iu a locust. The wasp had him on the top of the fence, and Hew off with him, but came to the ground before reacbing the bur- row. Then by means of a book on <acb of his hind feet he dragged bis prey iu on its liack. AVe captured a few of the insects, audi placed one uuiler a tumbler, but he chafed himself to death directly. They make a coarse bumming noise when on the wing. I subse- quently ascertained the scientific name of the species (AV/-'«.<'!/'"«?/'?». Sav) through Isaac I^ea, President of the Academy of Natural Sciences at I'biladelpbia. A licrson tells me that he oui'e attempted to capture a Summer Locust as it was ^ittiim tipou a post, but just as be made a grab at it one
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