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Page 70 - ... would decompose if killed outright. The mother wasp stings them in such a manner, that they are only paralyzed, and remain alive but inactive till wanted, — a wonderfully successful way of providing her offspring with "fresh meat." 3. Cells in which there is a larva feeding on the spiders. 4. Cell in which the spiders have all been eaten (save their skins, which are pushed to the bottom of the cell), and in each of which there is a larva fully grown, or perhaps transformed into a pupa, and...
Page 69 - The nest may easily be removed, when the old wasp is absent, by pushing a knife blade under it. Study the development of the insect as shown in the contents of the nest. Examine the contents of all the cells. Their walls may be easily cut away with a knife. Find :— 1. A cell or cells unfinished, and containing at the bottom a single egg. 188 189 food of the larva that will hatch from the egg in the bottom of each cell. Note tho condition of the spiders, — not dead, but paralyzed.