THE SPIDER-HUNTERS 



Lycosa, this more fastidious wasp will not be tempted 

 from the spider of her choice. In more than fifty ex- 

 amples the victim in the play was invariably Epeira 

 strix. If she must confine herself to one species she has 

 made a fortunate selection, since there is no other spider 

 so common in our neighborhood, not only in the woods, 



EXAMPLE OF EPEIRA STRIX THAT HAS BEEN 

 PARALYZED AND HUNG UP ON BEAN PLANT 

 BY POMPILUS QUINQUENOTATUS, THAT IT 

 MAY BE OUT OF THE WAY OF ANTS WHILE 

 SHE DIGS HER NEST 



but around the barns and outbuildings. Most frequently 

 it was the female that was taken, but this does not im- 

 ply a preference for that sex, since the females are more 



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