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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 104
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 , and lie on its back , so as
...
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 , and lie on its back , so as
...
Page 105
Thomas Belt. Mental Process in Wasps 105 agent , but a mental process in each
individual differing from the same in man only by its unerring certainty . ... I found
one about an inch long , and held it out towards the wasp on the point of a stick .
Thomas Belt. Mental Process in Wasps 105 agent , but a mental process in each
individual differing from the same in man only by its unerring certainty . ... I found
one about an inch long , and held it out towards the wasp on the point of a stick .
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
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