30 SEPTEMBER 1911, Page 15

WASPS AS ANIMALS' FOOD.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Apropos of your correspondent's (" T. C. F.") inquiry as to rats eating wasps, I would state that our dog, although stung innumerable times, will snap up a wasp on every possible occasion. One naturally supposes that the wasp must taste very sweet indeed.—I am, Sir, &c.,