| Show wasp one of oldee and most interesting insects the wasp Is one of our ancient and insects and comes of the order ot of nat ura lists usually classify the many species into two groups the true wasp and the d digger ger wasp the true wasp nests are built of clay or self milde made paper or within tunnels into the wood of hollow trees w where here ore are built wax cells suspended from the top and center of the nest writes a naturalist in the kansas city star eggs within the cells hatch batch in one to three oliree days into larvae which are carnivorous each species demanding one particular kind of 0 insect food larvae live one or two weeks changing at last into adult wasps males and workers die at the approach of winter only a few females living to another season by finding some deserted mouses nest and storing it with lioney honey and nectar in the alie spring they reappear start nests tor for eggs the first hatch being workers the digger or solitary wasp has no community life it digs tunnels 1 in the ground into which mach Is placed a single egg along ith food consisting of a live insect paralyzed by 4 vicious sting in ft 4 nervo cepter center alason wasps it lias fins been sald possibly furnished the pattern for the earliest pottery |
