THE WASP, OR HORNET 



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The tongue of the wasp is very 

 different from that of the bee. 

 It is muscular, forked, and cov- 

 ered witli hairs. 



TONIJITE UF WASP 



The sting of a wasp or bee con- 

 sists of a .sheath and two lancets. 

 The lancets are barbed at the tips 

 and are moved up and down by 

 muscles in the wound that the 

 sheath makes. Near the sting are 

 two paljii by wliich the wasp is 

 able to feel what it is stinging. 



STiNi; of WASP. 



There are about twenty hooks 

 on the front edge of the hind 

 wing. Tliese hook over a vein on 

 the fore wing, and the two wings 

 act together as one. 



HOOKS <-)N HIND WING OP W-ASP. 



