The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life (1912)
University Society, New York · New York. : University Society · leaf 92
A, the egg-case containing the cocoons of the larger parasite. AtB is shown the large parasite. C shows the smaller parasite. for them to come out, and they settle the questionby eating one another. When spring arrives thefew that remain are large enough to care forthemselves. This habit of eating… … THE ICHNEUMON-FLY LAYING HER EGGS,PIERCING THE COCOON. The cocoon is firmly fastened in the weed-top by the strands of webin all directions. close-fitting top, and in it are the eggs—nearly athousand of them, says Dr. H. C. McCook. Thespace between this basket of eggs and the out-side waterproof…
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