Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1897 — Wasp and Fly. [ARTICLE]

Wasp and Fly.

When a wasp catches a fly It immediately bites off both wings, sometimes a leg or two, and occasionally the head. Mr. Barrington saw some of the wasps when laden with one fly catch another, without letting go the first, and then fly away with both. There was a constant stream of wasps carrying away files, probably to feed the larvae In their nests, and returning again to the cows to catch more. In about twenty minutes Mr. Barrington estimated that between 300 and 400 flies were caught on two cows lying close to where he stood. Perhaps this narrative of good deeds accomplished will lead people to think more leniently of the vices of the wasp.