Scolia
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Those larvæ must be rejected which are nourished upon one single corpulent insect, as is that of the Scolia.
From Social Life in the Insect World by Bernard Miall
It is not without a certain alarm that the insect-collector finds himself for the first time confronted by the Garden Scolia.
From More Hunting Wasps by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
Lastly, I place the Scolia on its victim's back.
From More Hunting Wasps by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
That which under the mandibles of the Sphex would for a long while have remained wholesome food promptly becomes a poisonous liquescence under the mandibles of the Scolia.
From More Hunting Wasps by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
In both cases the new diet was accepted without hesitation, a proof that it suited the nurseling; but in a day or two putrescence supervened and the Scolia perished on the fetid morsel.
From More Hunting Wasps by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
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