The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests. With Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms |
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... method of defoliating Trees : their Nests - - Some Trees are not touched by the
Ants – Foreign Trees are very subject to their attackMethod of Destroying the Ants
- Migration of the Ants from a Nest attacked - Corrosive Sublimate causes a sort ...
... method of defoliating Trees : their Nests - - Some Trees are not touched by the
Ants – Foreign Trees are very subject to their attackMethod of Destroying the Ants
- Migration of the Ants from a Nest attacked - Corrosive Sublimate causes a sort ...
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... By Insects - Provision in some flowers to prevent insects , not adapted for
carrying the pollen , from obtaining access to the nectaries - Stories about Wasps
- Humming - birds bathing - Nest of Myriapods - Ascent of Peña Blanca — Tapirs
and ...
... By Insects - Provision in some flowers to prevent insects , not adapted for
carrying the pollen , from obtaining access to the nectaries - Stories about Wasps
- Humming - birds bathing - Nest of Myriapods - Ascent of Peña Blanca — Tapirs
and ...
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16 COMMISSIONER ' S HOUSE AT Santo DominGO . . . Nest of LEAF - CUTTING
ANT . . . . . . 80 SECTION OF MINE SHOWING METHOD OF EXTRACTING THE
ORE . . . . . . . . . 92 QUARTZ - STAMPING MACHINERY . . . . . . 93 SECTION OF ...
16 COMMISSIONER ' S HOUSE AT Santo DominGO . . . Nest of LEAF - CUTTING
ANT . . . . . . 80 SECTION OF MINE SHOWING METHOD OF EXTRACTING THE
ORE . . . . . . . . . 92 QUARTZ - STAMPING MACHINERY . . . . . . 93 SECTION OF ...
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The workers are of various sizes , and the smallest are here of use , for they
squeeze themselves into the narrowest holes , and search out their prey in the
furthest ramifications of the nests . When a nest of the Hypoclinca is attacked , the
ants ...
The workers are of various sizes , and the smallest are here of use , for they
squeeze themselves into the narrowest holes , and search out their prey in the
furthest ramifications of the nests . When a nest of the Hypoclinca is attacked , the
ants ...
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At any rate , I never saw the Ecitons attack the nest of any other species . The
moving columns of Ecitons are composed almost entirely of workers of different
sizes , but at intervals of two or three yards there are larger and lighter coloured ...
At any rate , I never saw the Ecitons attack the nest of any other species . The
moving columns of Ecitons are composed almost entirely of workers of different
sizes , but at intervals of two or three yards there are larger and lighter coloured ...
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| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests. With Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1874 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 28 aug. 2008 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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