Show FLIES AND of afao I 1 ests killed by the hawk insects by common agreement the wasp is accepted as emblematical of irritability and petty malignity but even this much abused insect plays a beneficial part in the work of nature A number of wasps were seen by mr it M barrington an irish naturalist buzzing abacut his cows closer inspect tion revealed fant they were all busy catching hies and pouncing with the rapidity of hawks after birds on the flies as they tried to settle or rest on some favorite part of the cows one white cow drew more wasps than any of the others because the moment a fly alighted if was seen at once against the skin when a wasp catcher a fly it immediately bites off both wings sometimes a leg or two occasionally the head mr barrington Barrin gAon saw some of the wasps when laden with one fly catch another without letting go the first and then lly away with both there wah a stream of wasp carrying away fl probably to feed the larvae in thear gerits nud returning again to the cows to cach more in about 20 minutes mr barrington that between and flies were caught on two cows lying close to where he stood |