The Sacred Beetle Frontispiece
Dung Beetles gathering Provender Facing page 6
Geotrupes stercorarius fighting for the Pellet 12
Cerceris bupresticida and its Prey; Bupresticis micans and
Buprestis flavomaculata 46
Cerceris tuberculata dragging Weevil to its Burrow 54
Cerceris ferreri and its Prey, the Weevil; Rhynchites betulæ
on Birch Leaves, showing two leaves rolled up by the Weevil 58
Sphex flavipennis about to seize Grasshopper 120
Sphex occitanica taking a Sun Bath 136
The Sphex of Languedoc dragging to its Burrow an Ephippiger
of the Vine 156
The Sphex of Languedoc and its enemy, the Praying Mantis 166
Ammophila hirsuta attacking a Grub 194
Ammophila sabulosa taking stone to cover its Burrow;
A. argentata Mining 207
Ammophila hirsuta hunting for Caterpillars; Ammophila
sabulosa on the Wing 208
Bembex rostrata taking Gadfly to its Nest; Bembex rostrata
Mining 240
Mason Bees—Chalicodoma muraria on Old Nest 272
Mason Bees—Chalicodoma sicula and Nest 280
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