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CHARLES V. RILEY. The Larger Digger Wasp.
Insect Life, IV, Nos. 7 and 8, April, 1892, pp. 248-252, figs. 32-38.
Sphecius speciosus as an enemy of Cicada pruinosa; Its mode of attacking and paralyzing the Cicada; remarkable effect of the sting of fossorial wasps; rapid development of the larva; spinning of the cocoon; curious pores of the cocoon; hibernation and pupation. Original figures of Sphecius speciosus in all states, also figures of its burrows, mode of carrying a Cicada, mode of feeding of the larva and the spinning of the cocoon.