Show 11 II A Winged Highwayman I We naturally wonder why a wasp I cannot successfully defend Itself against I J a fly But in addition to its swordlike 1 proboscis the robberrlly is also endowed with legs of unusual length and power It Is I thus enabled to hold Its victim at such a distance that the envenomed sting cannot be used Powerful and j swift as Its wings are it seldom seizes I Its stinging victims In midair but I J usually hurls itself on the back of the I unsuspecting wasp Caterpillars spiders moths beetles dragon flies and even I plant bugs are all selsed and dispatched by this swift assassin St Nicholas |