VESPA'S STING 



VESPA'S abdomen is joined to the 

 thorax by a very slender attachment, 

 though this is not apparent to the casual 

 observer, as the broad, blunt end of the 

 abdomen usually conceals the slight thread 

 by which it is held in place, and makes the 

 wasp look like a much stouter and 

 more substantially built creature 

 than she is. The true form shows 

 best in a dead Vespa, which is 

 usually curled up. 

 Moffett says in his quaint way, — 

 " The body of the Wasp seemeth to be 

 fastened and tyed together to the midst 

 of the breast, with a certain thin, fine 

 thread or line, so that by this disjoyned, 

 and not well compacted composition, they 

 seem very feeble in their loins or rather to 



have none at all/' 



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