Scolia

{34} The Scolia is a Digger-wasp, like the Cerceris and the Sphex, and feeds her larvae on the grubs of the Cetonia, or Rose-chafer, and the

The Life of the Spider Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

The Scolia were a kind of lyric songs sung at social meals, when the spirit was raised by wine and conversation to a lyrical pitch.

Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Anne C. Lynch Botta 1853

At some point in the amusement the company is sure to get to singing songs: -- "Scolia" -- drinking songs indeed, but often of a serious moral or poetic character, whereof the oft-quoted song in praise of Harmodius and Aristogeiton the tyrant-slayers is a good example. [

A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life William Stearns Davis 1903

The same simple delight of living animates the short Greek _Scolia_ and their counterparts in France.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various

Without succeeding in my final aim, for reasons which I have just explained, I have seen the Two-banded Scolia feasting greedily on the grub of the Oryctes, which was substituted for that of the Cetonia, and putting up with an Ephippiger taken from the burrow of the Sphex; I have been present at the repast of three Hairy Ammophilae accepting with an excellent appetite the Cricket that replaced their caterpillar.

More Hunting Wasps Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

It seems probable that the Scolia does not choose between them, that she uses all three indiscriminately.

More Hunting Wasps Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

For hours at a time, on the same spot, after the manner of the Scolia-wasp he spies the coming of the females out of the ground.

The Mason-Bees Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

Who would venture to calculate the final chance on which the future of the Scolia, or of her precursor, is based, that complex chance whose factors are four infinitely improbable occurrences, one might almost say four impossibilities?

More Hunting Wasps Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

In what respect do the Mutilla, the Chrysis, the Leucopsis, the Anthrax and so many others differ, in their way of living, from the Scolia?

The Mason-Bees Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

Despite the persistent nibbling of the Scolia, life continues, holding at bay the inroads of putrefaction until the mandibles have given their last bites.

More Hunting Wasps Jean-Henri Fabre 1869