This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ... the paralyzed caterpillars. She then fills the tunnel with pellets of earth, carefully chewing up the larger pieces so as to make a close, wellpacked filling (fig. 143). Lastly, she carefully smooths off the surface and puts a small flat piece of salt crust on top (fig. 144), so that the site of the tunnel shall be as ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ... the paralyzed caterpillars. She then fills the tunnel with pellets of earth, carefully chewing up the larger pieces so as to make a close, wellpacked filling (fig. 143). Lastly, she carefully smooths off the surface and puts a small flat piece of salt crust on top (fig. 144), so that the site of the tunnel shall be as nearly indistinguishable as possible. Ammophilas are common all over the country, and the nest-building of various species has been watched by other observers. The use by an individual Ammophila of a small pebble, held in the jaws, as a tool to pound down and smooth off the earth has been twice recorded, once in Wisconsin and once in Kansas. These are per-Fig. 147.--The plum curculio, haps our only records of the use SXJSXJl of a tool by an insect. (Photograph by M. V. Slinger Very interesting accounts of the habits of various digger-wasps may be found in "The Solitary Wasps, ' by George W. and Elizabeth G. Peckham; also in ' Insect Life ' by Fabre. The best general reference-book for American students of insects is Comstock's "Manual for the Study of Insects." "Insect Life," by the same author, gives practical directions for much interesting observational work on habits and external structures. Howard's "Insect Book ' is recent and interestingly written. CHAPTER XIII SPIDERS AND THEIR WEB-MAKING The abundance, variety, wide distribution, and interesting habits of spiders, and the ease with which they may be kept alive and observed in captivity make them excellent subjects of observation by young zoologists. The bite of no one of the common small spiders of house and field and garden causes any more pain than the prick of a needle. The bite of the tarantula and of a few of the large running spiders may cause some ...
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