THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



SUCH ADOBE BUNGALOWS AND APARTMENTS HOUSE YOUNGSTERS ONLY 

 As a mother Bushnell's wasp {Odynerus tempiferus var. macio) constructs each cell of her home 

 (right), she provisions it with paralyzed caterpillars and lays jn egg inside. Larvae hatch, gorge 

 themselves, then sleep through the winter. Jug-maker wasps build small flanged urns (left). Life size. 



© National Geographic Society Paintings by Hashime Murayama 



RECENTLY DISCOVERED, BUSHNELL'S WASP POSES FOR ITS FIRST PORTRAIT 

 David I. Bushnell, Jr., found this nest of wasps, previously unknown, near Fredericksburg, 

 Virginia, in October, 1935. On nest are males (above) and a female. On the alder leaves are Jug- 

 makers {Eumenes fraternus) , female left, male lower center, and parasites of Bushnell's wasp (right). 



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