The epider-catching fly, a native of Tasmania, is. about the size of a wasp. In the summer the fly collects mud to form cells which, when completed,' hold three or four spiders. The fly, hunts with'great daring, and deposits its prey in the cells, which are closely packed, the cover of the first being the basis of the second, and eo on. Directly a cavity is filled with fine plump spiders, an egg is>deposited therein, and when duly hatched the grub finds.a.sumptuous feast -ready for it,
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 261, 3 November 1932, Page 9
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