The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life (1912)
University Society, New York · New York. : University Society · leaf 96
r-ica, there is an enormous blue-bodied, red-wingedwasp, known as Pcpsis formosa, that makes avictim of the great hairy tarantula, Mygalehentsii. It is a battle royal well worth seeing,though rarely witnessed. In the Eastern Stateswe have its counterpart, no less exciting thoughthe contestants are… … THE BLUE DIGGER-WASP STINGING A GRASSYBANK SPIDER. common group are spider-killers, comparativelyshort-bodied wasps, generally blue-black in color,some species possessing red or white markings.It is one of these, Pompilus philadclphicus, thatthe writer had the good fortune to observe killingthe…
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