Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 200
to theground until it got high enough, when it flew heavilyoff with it. It was so small, and the spider so heavy,that it probably could not have raised it from theground by flight. All over the world there are waspsthat store their nests with the bodies of spiders for theiryoung to feed on. In… … 176 A Book of Natural History but the wasp was always the victor in the encounters Isaw, although it was not always allowed to carry off itsprey in peace. One day, sitting on the sandbanks onthe coast of Hobsons Bay, I saw one dragging along alarge spider. Three or four inches above it hoveredtwo…
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