The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life (1912)
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th spiders. sists of one layer of cells, rather than two as inthe honeycomb. In some species of wasps, thecomb is of one layer of cells, with a stem althe back by which it is suspended from some sup- SOME CURIOUS INSECTS AND THEIR HABITS 295 port. In others the comb is inclosed with aspherical… … NEST OF PAPER-WASP. NEST OF SOCIAL WASP. Wasps nests are in all sorts of situations—some on the branches of large trees, some onshrubs, some under boards and stones, and othersin the ground. Herewith is a rough sketch of a queer nest ofthe wasp Ischnogastcr mellyx, found in Asia andJava. X
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