THE WHITE-FOOTED WASP 45 



days. The grub then expels a large pellet of waste, the accumulation 

 of six days of feeding, in the bottom of the cocoon. This hardens 

 rapidly into a solid cake in a few hours. Sixteen days later pupation 

 takes place. 



Xow comes the period of absolute quiet during which time the 

 insect receives its color, which appears first in the eyes and gradually 

 flows throughout the body and its appendages. The process requires 

 some fifteen days. This is followed by a six-day period before the 

 perfect insect emerges, to lay the cornerstone of a new generation. 



