Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 377
cold weatherarrives. Yet there are exceptions to this. Ionce heard a katydid in the woods in April,and I have found the black-winged Carolinagrasshopper along the roadsides in spring. Itis not uncommon to see the giant dragon-fly,sEscJuia, floating about the fields in late Marchand early April; and… … FLIES AND WASPS NEST. Flies going into winter quarters. The paper-nest wasps, like the paper-nesthornets, do not pass the winter in their own nests, but desert them for othershelter. Other insects, however, most commonly flies of the genera allied toMusca and Tachina, find these nests offer…
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