Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 668
ssing red or white markingsIt is one of these, Pompilus phUadelphicus, thatthe writer had the good fortune to observe killingthe common grassy bank spider, Agalena naevia.This is the little fellow from one half to threequarters of an inch in length, buff- and brown-striped, that builds a gossamer… … THE BLUE DIGGER-WASP STINGING A GRASSYBANK SPIDER., within reach. The wasp also attacks otherspiders, such as species of Lycosa and sometimesthe jumping and crab spiders. When these spidersare attacked and cannot retreat, they always showfight, just as the Western tarantula does; but thewasp rarely…
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