202 MINUTE MARVELS OF NATURE 



feelers by which the insects are guided in deposit- 

 ing their eggs. 



A foot from the same ichneumon is shown in 

 Fig. 134. One might think that the poor eater- 



Fig. 135. Ichneumon fly which lays its eggs 

 in "blight" 



pillar would have enough to endure from the 

 ichneumon fly in the way of torture without the 

 addition of six pairs of these comb-like claws 

 gripping its soft body, to persuade it to gentle 

 submission to the egg-depositing business. 



All ichneumon flies do not select caterpillars as 



