CONTENTS 



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I THE INSECT WORLD AT CLOSE RANGE 19 



II THE BLACK REED-WASP 27 



III LARVAL SACRIFICE 33 



IV THE WHITE-FOOTED WASP 40 



V PARALYZED PROVENDER 46 



VI THE FOREST SHELL-WASP 53 



VII THE ONE-BANDED DAUBER 60 



VIII THE BLUE HUNTRESS 68 



IX CONTROLLED PUPATION 77 



X CANNIBAL WASPS 85 



XI THE SPHECID'S DUTY 91 



XII THE ORIGINAL PAPER-MAKERS 95 



XIII INSECT AND OTHER STRATEGISTS 102 



XIV OBSERVATIONS ON ANTS 109 



XV THE SIGHT OF INSECTS 125 



XVI How THE GREENBOTTLE DOES ITS DUTY 129 



XVII SOME INSECT EXPERIMENTS 134 



XVIII THE CECROPIA MOTH 143 



XIX NATURE'S WAY WITH UNDESIRABLES 147 



XX SPITTLE BUG SPITTLE 151 



XXI THE LIFE OF THE THREAD-LEGGED BUG 154 



XXII TRAILING A BEE TO ITS LAIR 160 



XXIII CAMOUFLAGED INSECTS 164 



XXIV LIVING EXAMPLES OF THE GEOLOGICAL PAST . . . . 169 

 INDEX 173 



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