 A wasp, on a gravel walk, had caught a fly nearly as large as himself; kneeling on the ground I observed him separate the tail and the head from the body part, to which the wings were attached. He then took the body part in his paws, and rose about two...  Zoonomia; Or, The Laws of Organic Life ... - Page 265by Erasmus Darwin - 1801 - 516 pagesFull view - About this book
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...as large as himfelf ; kneeling on the ground I obferved him feparate the tail and the head from the body part, to which the wings were attached. He then...and he fettled again with his prey upon the gravel. 1 then difiinftly obferved him cut off with his mouth, firll one of the wings, and then the other,... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin - Science - 1800 - 676 pages
...from the body part, to which the wings were attached. He then took the body part in his paws, and role about two feet from the ground with it ; but a gentle...fettled again with his prey upon the gravel. I then diftinftly obferved him cut off with his mouth, firft one of the wings, and then the other, after which... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - Insects - 1817 - 266 pages
...from the body part, to which the wings are attached. He then took the body part in his paws, and rose about two feet from the ground with it ; but a gentle...wings of the fly, turned him round in the air, and he settled again with it upon the gravel. I then distinctly observed him cut off, with his mouth, first... | |
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...surface of the earth, are all replenished with animals caleulated for their respective habitations.* breeze wafting the wings of the fly turned him round in the air and he settled again with his prey upon the gravel. I then distinctly observed him cut oft' wilh his mouth... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin - 1818 - 616 pages
...from the body part, to which the wings were attached. He then took the body part in his paws, and rose about two feet from the ground with it; but a gentle...wings of the fly turned him round in the air, and he settled again with his prey upon the gravel. I then distinctly observed him cut off with his mouth,... | |
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...from the body part, to which the villas are attached. He then took the body part in his paws, and rose about two feet from the ground with it; but a gentle breeze waftinu the wings of the fly, turned him round in the air, and he settled a^ain with it upon the gravel.... | |
 | Animal intelligence - 1824 - 190 pages
...: after this operation, he took the body part in his paws, and rose about two feet from the ground. A gentle breeze •wafting the wings of the fly, turned him round in the air, and he settled again with his prey upon the gravel. He then cut off with his mouth, first one of the wings,... | |
 | George Combe - Phrenology - 1842 - 524 pages
...from the body part to which the wings were attached. He then took the body part in his paws, and rose about two feet from the ground with it ; but a gentle...wings of the fly, turned him round in the air, and he settled again with his prey upon the gravel. I then distinctly observed him cut off with his mouth... | |
 | Children's literature - 1856 - 1026 pages
...from the body part, to which the wings were attached. He then took the body part in his paws, and rose about two feet from the ground with it; but a gentle...wings of the fly, turned him round in the air, and he settled again with it upon the gravel. I then distinctly heard him cut off with his mouth, first one... | |
 | George Combe - Character - 1843 - 522 pages
...attached. He then took the body part in his paws, and rose about two feet from the ground with- i» ; but a gentle breeze wafting the wings of the fly, turned him round in the air, and he settled again with his prey upon the gravel. 1 then distinctly observed him cut off wjth his mouth... | |
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