Note {38} — Chapter XV · : THE LABYRINTH SPIDER
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
The Ichneumon-flies are very small insects which carry long ovipositors, wherewith they lay their eggs in the eggs of other insects and also, more especially, in caterpillars. Their parasitic larvae live and develop at the expense of the egg or grub attacked, which degenerates in consequence.—Translator’s Note.