Bulletin No.1-3 (1898)
Bulletin No.1-3 (1898)
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Plate I., fig. 3.
This is a pretly little yellow banded species much resembling Cerceris in appearance. The nest consists of a main gallery with pockets leading from! it, each pocket being stored with one egg and enough bees to nourish a single larva. When the wasps emerge from the cocoon they find themselves in the company of their nearest relatives and in possession of a dwelling place, and they all live together for a time before starting out inde- pendently to seek their own fortimes. On th...e fifth of August we discovered on the island a happy family of this kind, consist- Digitized by Google 118 THE SOLITARY WASPS.
ing of three brothers and four eisters, the females, with their bright yellow faces and mandibles, being handsomer than the males. They seemed to be on the most :jnicable terms with each other, their only trouble being that while they were all fond of looking out, the doorway was only large enough to hold one at a time. The nest web opened in the morning at about nine o'clock and during the next thirty or forty minutes their comical little faces would appear, one after another, each wasp enjoying the view for a few minutes with many twitchings of the head, and then retreating to make way for another, perhaps in response to some hint from behind.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Plate I., fig. 3.
This is a pretly little yellow banded species much resembling Cerceris in appearance. The nest consists of a main gallery with pockets leading from! it, each pocket being stored with one egg and enough bees to nourish a single larva. When the wasps emerge from the cocoon they find themselves in the company of their nearest relatives and in possession of a dwelling place, and they all live together for a time before starting out inde- pendently to seek their own fortimes. On th...e fifth of August we discovered on the island a happy family of this kind, consist- Digitized by Google 118 THE SOLITARY WASPS.
ing of three brothers and four eisters, the females, with their bright yellow faces and mandibles, being handsomer than the males. They seemed to be on the most :jnicable terms with each other, their only trouble being that while they were all fond of looking out, the doorway was only large enough to hold one at a time. The nest web opened in the morning at about nine o'clock and during the next thirty or forty minutes their comical little faces would appear, one after another, each wasp enjoying the view for a few minutes with many twitchings of the head, and then retreating to make way for another, perhaps in response to some hint from behind.
What to read after Bulletin No.1-3 (1898)?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Wisconsin Geological And Natural History Survey to read onlineMoreLess
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