2 02 MINUTE MARVELS OF NATURE 

 feelers by which the insects are Li'uicled 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 " bh'ght " 



pillar would have enough to endure from the 

 ichneumon Hy 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 



