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... larvæ and pupa carefully in their jaws . Here and there one of the light - coloured officers moves backwards and forwards directing the columns . Such a column is of enormous length , and contains many thousands , if not millions of ...
... larvæ and pupa carefully in their jaws . Here and there one of the light - coloured officers moves backwards and forwards directing the columns . Such a column is of enormous length , and contains many thousands , if not millions of ...
Page 65
... larvæ of Staphylinida and other beetles.1 These ants do not confine themselves to leaves , but also carry off any vegetable substance that they find suitable for growing the fungus on . They are very partial to the inside white rind of ...
... larvæ of Staphylinida and other beetles.1 These ants do not confine themselves to leaves , but also carry off any vegetable substance that they find suitable for growing the fungus on . They are very partial to the inside white rind of ...
Page 176
... larvæ , and adults . I believe it is only the soft - bodied larvæ that exude honey . It would take a volume to describe the various species , and I shall confine my remarks to one whose habits I was able to observe with some minuteness ...
... larvæ , and adults . I believe it is only the soft - bodied larvæ that exude honey . It would take a volume to describe the various species , and I shall confine my remarks to one whose habits I was able to observe with some minuteness ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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