CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. COMMUNAL LIFE i 



II. AMMOPHILA AND HER CATERPILLARS . 15 



III. THE GREAT GOLDEN DIGGER ... 56 



IV. SEVERAL LITTLE WASPS . . . . 72 

 V. CRABRO 97 



VI. AN ISLAND SETTLEMENT . . . . 119 



VII. THE BURROWERS 141 



VIII. THE WOOD-BORERS . . . . . 178 



IX. THE SPIDER-HUNTERS 196 



X. THE ENEMIES OF THE GRASSHOPPER . 248 



XI. WORKERS IN CLAY 265 



XII. SENSE OF DIRECTION .... 275 

 XIII. INSTINCT AND INTELLIGENCE . . .292 



