The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life (1912)
University Society, New York · New York. : University Society · leaf 100
, mass of tempered clay used bv the wasp to close the nest in a wooden spool; b, one cell of the nest; c, the wasp. do they have their breathing-openings near themouth. The early part of the insects lives is chieflyspent in eating, and their mouths are so largelyengaged in this work that it would… … QUEER NEST OF THE WASP ISCH NOGASTER. THE NOSTRILS THE BREATH 1NG-H0LES ON THE SIDE OF A CRICKET. Accordingly Mother Nature has little breath-ing-openings on the various segments of whichtheir bodies consist. Scientists call these open-ings spiracles. Hold a locust between your fin-gers and watch…
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