| There are two species of spiders and a species of ichneumon fly that destroy them. |
| Buffon assumes that the ichneumon has been brought to a state of domesticity. |
| The ichneumon larva feeds on the fats and body fluids of the host until fully grown, then usually spins a silken cocoon. |
| Such parasites include ichneumon, chalcid, pteromalid, figitid, ensign wasp, and bethylid. |
| The ichneumon fly as well has been watched, and all its wicked acts recorded. |
| And then comes some secondary parasite, some ichneumon fly, and lays an egg within this grub, and behold! |
