Show how wasp secured prey an observer tells this I 1 was today an interested spectator of a short struggle between a wasp and one of those large flies like a bee with a big fist head the pair were on the ground and I 1 watched while the wasp after probably stinging the fly dellb irately severed the head from the body and then finding it still too heavy a burden cut off the tall end of the fly and flew off with the trunk without waiting to perform its toilet the whole operation took about five minutes and from the masterly man ner the wasp set to work he was evi dently a practiced hand |