Scolia
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Lastly, I place the Scolia on its victim's back.
From More Hunting Wasps by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
Then, lo and behold, the Cetonia turns putrid and the Scolia dies, poisoned by the ptomaines of the decomposing game!
From More Hunting Wasps by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
As I have shown in a previous volume, the grub of the Scolia has taught me much in this respect.
From Social Life in the Insect World by Miall, Bernard
As for the Euchlora, she is not involved in the problem: the larva hunted by the Two-banded Scolia does not belong to her any more than it belongs to the Anoxia.
From More Hunting Wasps by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
Any number of females of the Two-banded Scolia, disturbed at their work, are emerging here and there from the depth of the soil.
From More Hunting Wasps by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
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