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The Wonders of Instinct

CHAPTER 11
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It displays wrinkles and seams, due to the different courses of mortar, or else knotty protuberances distributed almost concentrically.
Both Hymenoptera accumulate caterpillars in their coffers, whether domes or jars.

Let us give an abstract of the bill of fare.

These documents, for all their dryness, possess a value; they will enable whoso cares to interest himself in the Eumenes to perceive to what extent instinct varies the diet, according to the place and season.

The food is plentiful, but lacks variety.

It consists of tiny caterpillars, by which I mean the grubs of small Butterflies.


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