續一切經音義 1.81

1.81

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]).