Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 90
, N. Y.Dear St. Nicholas : Will you kindly let me know whatkind of a nest the inclosed is ? I found it fastened on thewood of our roof scuttle. Yours truly, Fred Lohman. The nest was made by the common mud-wasp,Sccliphron ccmcntarius. This insect is fairlycommon in the eastern United States, and… … A WASP NEST, SHOWING THE OVERLAPPING LAYERS. found especially around buildings in the countrysections.—L. O. Howard. Note especially the interesting forms of over-lapping layers in which the mud is arranged.
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