Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 1056
ggs inside. bees after it had spun its cocoon. Look closelyand you may see minute apertures about the sizeof pinholes. These were made when the sec-ondary parasites escaped. Should all the spiders survive until spring,they would still have a very uncertain chance ofliving until the frosts of early… … A, the egg-case containing the cocoons of the larger parasite.B is shown the large parasite. C shows the smaller parasite. At capture them when they are but half-grown, par-alyze them by stinging, and pack them into theircells to serve as food for the young wasp. Whenwe consider the thousands of…
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