192 MINUTE MARVELS OF NATURE 



or lancets, and we sec at a L!;lance that between 

 Nature's work and man's there is no comparison. 

 Turning with reHef from the winged insects 

 which suck our blood to those which merely spoil 



Fig. 126 Tiie mouth of ;i vvasp 



our fruit, [)erhaps the reader would like to see the 

 organs by which a wasp can bite or cut so deeply 

 intf) a plum or a pear. These are shown in 

 Fig. 126. The large, toothed mandibles at the 

 side are the mischievous weapons, which work 

 sideways, and not from abo\-e or below, as human 

 teeth do. 'Fhe delicate and beautiful tongue 

 can be seen in the centre, with other oroans 



