續一切經音義 1.81

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螟蛉（上覓瓶反下歷丁反爾雅曰螟蛉桑蟲毛詩蟲魚疏云桑小青蟲也似步屈今蜾𧕳所負為子者是也蜾𧕳蜂也一名蠮螉許慎云細腰蜂也郭璞云俗謂螟蛉為桑蟃蜾音果𧕳音魯果反蠮音煙繼反螉音烏公反蟃音萬）。

Caterpillars (螟蛉: the first character has the fanqie 覓瓶 [míng]. The second character has the fanqie 歷丁 [líng]. The Erya says: "The 螟蛉 is the mulberry insect." The Mao Commentary on Insects and Fish says: "A small green insect of the mulberry, resembling an inchworm; today it is the one adopted by the mud dauber wasp (蜾𧕳) as its larva." The mud dauber is a wasp, also called potter wasp (蠮螉). Xu Shen says: "The thread-waisted wasp." Guo Pu says: "Colloquially the 螟蛉 is called the mulberry worm (桑蟃)." 蜾 has the pronunciation 果 [guǒ]; 𧕳 has the fanqie 魯果 [luǒ]; 蠮 has the fanqie 煙繼 [yān]; 螉 has the fanqie 烏公 [wēng]; 蟃 has the pronunciation 萬 [wàn]).