. Elements of zoölogy : a textbook. Zoology. Wasp, Polistes pallipes, Lapel. Mud-cells or nest of the Mud-wasp. a paper-like substance, which is wood reduced to a paste by the action of the jaws of these insects. The Wasp communities are also dissolved on the approach of winter; and each female that survives the winter founds a new colony the ensuing spring. Some kinds of Wasps, however, are solitary in their habits; this is true of the Mud-wasps, .which build their nests of mud (Fig. 386), and store them with spiders and other insects, for their larva? to feed upon. The Ants or Formicidre are
. Elements of zoölogy : a textbook. Zoology. Wasp, Polistes pallipes, Lapel. Mud-cells or nest of the Mud-wasp. a paper-like substance, which is wood reduced to a paste by the action of the jaws of these insects. The Wasp communities are also dissolved on the approach of winter; and each female that survives the winter founds a new colony the ensuing spring. Some kinds of Wasps, however, are solitary in their habits; this is true of the Mud-wasps, .which build their nests of mud (Fig. 386), and store them with spiders and other insects, for their larva? to feed upon. The Ants or Formicidre are hymenoptera, which also live in communities composed of females, males, and workers; the two first are furnished with loosely-attached wings, and the last are destitute of wings. The workers have the care of the nest and of the rearing of the young ; they go in search of food, feed the larva?, take them into the sunshine in fine weather, and back again into the nest at night or when bad weather comes, and watch over them'with a wonderful fidelity. Most ant-hill communi- ties are composed of individuals of one and the same species ; but in some cases the workers procure auxiliaries. 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 Tenney, Sanborn, 1827-1877. New York : Scribner
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