FIELD SKETCHES FROM LIFE 



I. Digger wasp backing out of hole with pellet of earth. 



2. Digger wasp running on two front legs and grasping a grass- 

 hopper with its four hind legs. 



3. Digger wasp pulling a grasshopper into the pit dug for it. 



4- Digger wasp scratching dirt like a dog with its front legs. 



5. Digger wasp using its head to ram down the earth. 



6. Cocoon of a Samia cynthia moth. 



7- Cecronia moth shortly after emerging from its cocoon. 



8. The "White Death" catching a Heman's moth under side of 

 spider. Back view and enlarged diagram showing crescent arrange- 

 ment of eyes. 



9- An orange-colored spider, showing, in the enlarged view of its 

 body, the Oriental rug pattern of its decorations. 



