 | Thomas Belt - 1874 - 452 lehte
...trying to clear a leaf from auts tim: were already in full possession of a cluster of loafhoppers. It would sometimes have to strike three or four times...fall. At other times one ant after the other would Itstruck off with great celerity and case, and I fancied that some wasps were much cleverer than otln.~>.... | |
 | Thomas Belt - 1888 - 454 lehte
...attempt to grapple with its rival on the leaf, but would fly off and hover over the ant ; then when its little foe was well exposed, it would dart at it and...cases where it succeeded in clearing the leaf, it Ch. XII.] USE OF COTTONY SECRETIONS. 229 was never left long in peace. Fresh relays of ants were continually... | |
 | Margaret Warner Morley - 1900 - 330 lehte
...four times at an ant before it made it quit its hold and fall. At other times one ant after another would be struck off with great celerity and ease,...others. "In those cases where it succeeded in clearing a leaf, it was never left long in peace. " Fresh relays of ants were continually arriving, and generally... | |
 | Thomas Belt - 2005 - 449 lehte
...well exposed, it would dart at it and strike it to the ground. The action was so quick that I conld not determine whether it struck with its fore-feet...clearing the leaf, it was never left long in peace. Fresh relays of ants were continually arriving, and generally tired the wasp out. It would never wait... | |
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I could not determine whether it struck with its fore-feet or its jaws, but I think it was with the feet. I often saw a wasp trying to clear a leaf from ants that were already in full possession of a cluster of leafhoppers. It would sometimes have to... 