b 



Early 

 stage 



Mother burying 

 caterpillar 



on 

 'paralyzed 

 'caterpillar 



Fig. 115. Life stages of various insects. (All about | size) 



/, red-legged locust {Melanoplus femur-ntbriimy, 5, squash bug (Anasa irisiis); j, dragon- 

 fly {Libellula) ; 4^ June bug {Melalontha) ; j, wasp {Sfhex gryphus). a, eggs ; b, larva (not 

 shown for 5) (in / and 2 the larva is similar in general form to the adult ; successive stages 

 are attained by molting, b.^ ; <:, pre-adult (in 4 and 5 this is a resting stage, or pupa) ; 

 d, adult. The larva of the wasp develops within the caterpiHar buried by the mother wasp 



