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MAY I suggest a possible explanation of the curious case of spider-hunting by a wasp cited by Mr. Cecil; had the prey so accurately tracked by the wasp been anything but a spider, it would, indeed, have seemed an almost conclusive instance of hunting by scent; but when one recollects the fine line usually left by spiders as they go, it is evident that sight or feeling may have been the sense exercised, and that the fatal clue may have been the guide to the wasp.
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HUBBARD, E. The Wasp and the Spider. Nature 17, 402 (1878). https://doi.org/10.1038/017402c0
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