384 TROPICAL WILD LIFE IN BRITISH GUIANA 



Photo by I'. <;. II. 



FIG. 129. FOUR JUGS OF THE RED EUMENES OPENED TO SHOW CONTENTS 



a. Half-grown Larva. 6. Full-grown Larva, c. Larva changing to Pupa. d. Pupa. 



Enlarged twice life size. 



be constructed. This continues for a day or so, but at length 

 she abandons it to the care of fate. 



The egg hatches in forty-eight hours, giving place to 

 the usual Hymenopteron grub of thirteen segments. It is 

 rather transparent and of a yellowish white which rapidly 

 turns to pink or greenish, according to the color of its food, 

 and is later lost again. At birth its head is very round, and 

 distinct from the body, being darker in color and supplied 

 with mandibles that tear into the first caterpillar that comes 

 handy. 



