. Nature study and life. Nature study. CHAPTER XV INSECTS BENEFICIAL AND BEAUTIFUL Ichneumon Flies. — The insect photographed in Fig. lOi is drilling into hard maple wood for the purpose of laying an egg in the burrow of a wood-boring larva. How long she had been there before I found her it is impossible to state, but for more than two hours she worked, inserting and partially withdrawing her drill repeatedly, until it had penetrated nearly two inches into the hard wood. At last she withdrew the drill, apparently satis- fied, and flew away, to save more maple trees from borers, I hope, for, af
. Nature study and life. Nature study. CHAPTER XV INSECTS BENEFICIAL AND BEAUTIFUL Ichneumon Flies. — The insect photographed in Fig. lOi is drilling into hard maple wood for the purpose of laying an egg in the burrow of a wood-boring larva. How long she had been there before I found her it is impossible to state, but for more than two hours she worked, inserting and partially withdrawing her drill repeatedly, until it had penetrated nearly two inches into the hard wood. At last she withdrew the drill, apparently satis- fied, and flew away, to save more maple trees from borers, I hope, for, after seeing her good works I had not the heart to put her in the cyanide bottle. It was wonderful to see another, that came to the same tree while 246. Fig. ioi. Ichneumon Fly boring INTO A Tree (About I natural size). 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 Hodge, Clifton Fremont, 1859-. Boston and London, Ginn & Co.
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