The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests. With Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms |
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Page 22
I have seen them pulling out the larvæ and pupæ from the cells of a large wasp '
s nest , whilst the wasps hovered about , powerless , before the multitude of the
invaders , to render any protection to their young . I have no doubt that many
birds ...
I have seen them pulling out the larvæ and pupæ from the cells of a large wasp '
s nest , whilst the wasps hovered about , powerless , before the multitude of the
invaders , to render any protection to their young . I have no doubt that many
birds ...
Page 109
There is , however , a yellow and black banded wasp that catches them to store
his nest with ; and whenever one of these came about , they would rise fluttering
in the air , where they were safe , as I never saw the wasp attack them on the
wing ...
There is , however , a yellow and black banded wasp that catches them to store
his nest with ; and whenever one of these came about , they would rise fluttering
in the air , where they were safe , as I never saw the wasp attack them on the
wing ...
Page 128
One black and red species in the forest , if taken in the hand , would thrust its
sharp proboscis into the skin , and produce a pain worse than the sting of a wasp
. Amongst the bushes were always to be found the beautiful scarlet and black ...
One black and red species in the forest , if taken in the hand , would thrust its
sharp proboscis into the skin , and produce a pain worse than the sting of a wasp
. Amongst the bushes were always to be found the beautiful scarlet and black ...
Page 133
In the cuttings the nearly perpendicular clay slopes were frequented by many
kinds of wasps that excavated round holes ... I one day saw a small black and
yellow banded wasp ( Pompilus polistoides ) hunting for spiders ; it approached a
web ...
In the cuttings the nearly perpendicular clay slopes were frequented by many
kinds of wasps that excavated round holes ... I one day saw a small black and
yellow banded wasp ( Pompilus polistoides ) hunting for spiders ; it approached a
web ...
Page 134
All over the world there are wasps that store their nests with the bodies of spiders
for their young to feed on . In Australia , I often witnessed a wasp combating with
a large flat spider that is found on the bark of trees . . It would fall to the ground ...
All over the world there are wasps that store their nests with the bodies of spiders
for their young to feed on . In Australia , I often witnessed a wasp combating with
a large flat spider that is found on the bark of trees . . It would fall to the ground ...
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| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests. With Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1874 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 28 aug. 2008 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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