The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-10-03

>cme sl-~ss ofthc family a Wasp have
Tn habii al digging ~ lnlir.ai hnlc> m
TIM ground- IN ~hich They bury >,ur IN
-St. >snelime, = spihcr. ~sm-rinie~ .
g~r1sshopy-r. AMI soInerimss ~pslr viL.r
variety ~ in~rf- \ wasp which W. r.
c-nrly watched. hal dng ; slauting hoie
about AZ inch hvp. The prcr>> II Dig
gfnc was n folicW~.
Using IL brad ~ a pickaxe. II lOn~cnsvl
the Earth. and. aftsr 8ctzrhing ; suiicirut
quantity. IL io-sk tn loo~eurl earth up in
IL fore hg-. which wrne used A. arms.
lackcl swiftly ouf ~ ihc hole. dropI-1 n.
and went liDcily hack. This L continued
u u until rhr pile a the mouLh II thu
hole l-samc - large a~Tch D. troublesome A.
il then threw iiae earth iuck digging - a
dog dig. with IL fonr legs. Throwing thr
earth hack i-iwssn thr oiher>- After
leNeling thu pile. II dug a. before until an
ofher pile hah accumulated. Bv inis pro
o>> il ~prcr~sl-l quite rapidly. digging IT,
length IN = short time. IL worked for
some time IN this NAY. tlrn flew away
iosr or hye yanis inpm IL hole. sizs-l =
large grl~-lnI-r which il hal previously
prrTanSl. and t-.an 10 drag II toward fts
holc. With IL mouth il took the grass
hopper hy the eHfsHuav. or fsNlrEs. - tlry
an commonly called. and walkcl "A. drag
ging the in-.f after IT, Their head> wen.
pointed In thu same DIRECTION tire wa~p'>
l~gs being over fhe gr~asshOpT@rs hark-
Although .ncumf-nri b. such . l0al- rhr
wasp walked without much difficulty.
making go--l time in rhe dircctiom IL IT,
hole. and not stopping until within a to-'t
OF two q IL DESTINATION The ga~hop-
l-r had t-~n sfung nearly to d,aih- hat
there wa> -oanc liz n maining. not enough.
hoNever u allow il - escape. After le1v-
ing The Ea>>hopy-r. tire wasp cSmmersrsi
digging again in rhc same mair.r a. t--
fore. IL worked for some Time Ehen dre-w
thr in-xr ~ within All inch or TWO Il th-
hole. and after this dug . little mone.
This II continued Ia d. until tn
hole had t-~n made II -ufiicieut
Sixe. A. SooL a. flE~ WIS rte ca-r.
il drew The .~ra>~hppi-r the remaining
di-rancr IL IL buriai-pl1r- lezVing il with
IL heal pointed down the hole. tifn- TAX
ing II hy TIM rrrerEF- tAr wasp tris~i u
lack into lhe hurrow. pulling IT, within
heaifonrmo>r AMER Il. Ir j. worthy al me-
fire thai all the Time t.fore. TIN healE- ~
the two in-zr> w.n- in the same dir-ri0n.
the wa~p h-iug over rhe tSck ~ rhe gra~-
hopper. falt wl~-n directly IN front 81 tar
hole. IL took the insect BY rise cs-rsHr.
and pUll.-i il In thr wasp ving tackvaut.
IL li~ Ny tNln NNU4fa t-ilrF AZ lr SANE
time. . they could not gh- other way. AZ
the nr~f thai. fhe eforr~of the wasp failsi.
for fhi> r.a~on- Il dragged 'he gra~~hcrT-r
IL one side. and began ~ enlarge ii- h0is.
II then ma,r anoih.r. -rial. again dragging
the in-ect - that IL bead painted douu
Ihe hole Ihi- time Il was -ucr->fIi- a.
soon u the gra>-hcpI-r was safety tkl--
tied n fhr l-er-om ~ rhr hole. thu wasp
can and h--an - throw in tbe -lni
which hal accumulated II would Throw
in a little with H. fore lgS. AMI then - in
and smooth over with L. hezii What hal
f--n thrown in Ii continued a. work in
this manner until the hole Wa Mil- II
-~-mel CAREFUL MOI 70 grt in any little
-1irN, or stones II any were thrown ia. il
would bring them car
IN. whoie pro~s> t@tor i,-cris--l Wa
completed in about half an hour. thu wasp
All thu time working WY m~du-trru-iy.
The of5f~r 81 IL work Wa T. prOyfh- fo--l
for il offspring : the~e ae grui>. which.
when h2ielrd- an not able u prOyi,e ipr
rhem-eiv.<. Tn wasp deposits IL eggs
IN the hole with Spun- inset Whish II
huries in rhe manner described and when
ihc hna hatch CUT. thy have fcc-l pro-
vided for them II huris< fhe in-~t alive
10 prevent decomposition before the .gg-
haiched--lestks Cs5apzHs1n.