ENEMIES 



WASPS, like other folk, have their 

 enemies. 



Certain birds catch and eat them, and 

 certain badgers, it is said, feed upon their 

 nests. 



One would not expect them to fall vic- 

 tims to such a foe as the ant, yet such is 

 the case in tropical countries. 



Mr. Belt, in his "Naturalist in Nica- 

 ragua," tells this remarkable story, — 



" The ants send off exploring parties up 

 the trees, which hunt for nests of wasps, 

 bees, and probably birds. If they find any 

 they soon communicate the intelligence 

 to the army below, and a column is sent 

 up immediately to take possession of the 

 prize. I have seen them pulling out the 

 larvae and pupae from the cells of a large 

 wasp's nest, whilst the wasps hovered 



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