. Homes without hands : being a description of the habitations of animals, classed according to their principle of construction . Animals. 372 HOMES WITHOUT Trypoxylon and Pelopffloa. neatly turned over, that the observer is irresistibly reminded of the neck of a glass bottle. The insect makes quite a number of these nests, sometimes fastening them to branches, as shown in the illustration, but as frequently fixing them to beams of houses. It has a great fancy for the corners of verandas, and builds there- in whole rows of cells, buzzing loudly the while, and attracting attention by th
. Homes without hands : being a description of the habitations of animals, classed according to their principle of construction . Animals. 372 HOMES WITHOUT Trypoxylon and Pelopffloa. neatly turned over, that the observer is irresistibly reminded of the neck of a glass bottle. The insect makes quite a number of these nests, sometimes fastening them to branches, as shown in the illustration, but as frequently fixing them to beams of houses. It has a great fancy for the corners of verandas, and builds there- in whole rows of cells, buzzing loudly the while, and attracting attention by the noise which it makes. The lower insect is the pretty Pelopceus fistularis, with its yel- low and black banded body. Both the insects, as well as their houses, are represented of the natural size. The cell of the Pelopaeus is larger than that of the preceding in- sect, and occupies much more time in the construction, a week at least being devoted to the task. She sets to work very methodi- cally, taking a Jong time in kneading the clay, which she rolls into little spherical pellets, and kneads for a minute or two before she leaves the ground. She then flies away with her load, and adds it to the nest, spreading the clay in a series of rings, like the courses of bricks in a circular chimney, so that the edifice soon assumes a rudely cylindrical form. When she has nearly completed her task, she goes off in search of creatures wherewith to stock the nest, and to serve as food for the young, and selects about the most unpromising specimens that. 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 Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889; Keyl, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1823-1871; Smith, E. A. (Edward Alfred); Pearson, G. (George). New York : Harper & Brothers
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