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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 .
Page 177
The wasp stroked the young hoppers , and sipped up the honey when it was
exuded , just like the ants . When an ant came up to a cluster of leafhoppers
attended by a wasp , the latter would not attempt to grapple with its rival on the
leaf , but ...
The wasp stroked the young hoppers , and sipped up the honey when it was
exuded , just like the ants . When an ant came up to a cluster of leafhoppers
attended by a wasp , the latter would not attempt to grapple with its rival on the
leaf , but ...
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| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua 561. number of Everyman's library 561. number of Everyman's library, ed. by Ernest Thys. Travel & topography 561. number of Everyman's library: Travel and topography |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | J.M. Dent, 1928 |
| Original from | University of Texas |
| Digitized | 6 veeb. 2008 |
| Length | 306 pages |
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