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... ( Eciton hamata ) hunts sometimes in dense armies , sometimes in columns , according to the prey it may be after . When in columns , I found that it was generally , if not always , in search of the nests of another ant ( Hypoclinea sp ...
... ( Eciton hamata ) hunts sometimes in dense armies , sometimes in columns , according to the prey it may be after . When in columns , I found that it was generally , if not always , in search of the nests of another ant ( Hypoclinea sp ...
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... Eciton . At any rate , I never saw the Ecitons attack the nest of 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 ...
... Eciton . At any rate , I never saw the Ecitons attack the nest of 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 ...
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... Eciton as the first in intelli- gence , and as such at the head of the Articulata . Wasps and bees come next to ants , and then others of the Hymen- optera . Between ants and the lower forms of insects there is a greater difference in ...
... Eciton as the first in intelli- gence , and as such at the head of the Articulata . Wasps and bees come next to ants , and then others of the Hymen- optera . Between ants and the lower forms of insects there is a greater difference in ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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