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Page 146
... advantage that the cultivator gives up the attempt to plant maize . There is then
a struggle between the weedy shrubs and the grass . The leaf - cutting ants come
to the aid of the latter . Grass they will not touch , excepting to clear it away from ...
... advantage that the cultivator gives up the attempt to plant maize . There is then
a struggle between the weedy shrubs and the grass . The leaf - cutting ants come
to the aid of the latter . Grass they will not touch , excepting to clear it away from ...
Page 175
Here it was clear that the scale - insect was competing successfully with the
leaves and sepals for the attendance and protection of the ants , and was
successful either through the fluid it furnished being more attractive or more
abundant .
Here it was clear that the scale - insect was competing successfully with the
leaves and sepals for the attendance and protection of the ants , and was
successful either through the fluid it furnished being more attractive or more
abundant .
Page 177
I often saw a wasp trying to clear a leaf from ants that were already in full
possession of a cluster of leaf - hoppers . It would sometimes have to strike three
or four times at an ant before it made it quit its hold and fall . At other times one
ant after ...
I often saw a wasp trying to clear a leaf from ants that were already in full
possession of a cluster of leaf - hoppers . It would sometimes have to strike three
or four times at an ant before it made it quit its hold and fall . At other times one
ant after ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua 561. number of Everyman's library 561. number of Everyman's library, ed. by Ernest Thys. Travel & topography 561. number of Everyman's library: Travel and topography |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | J.M. Dent, 1928 |
| Original from | University of Texas |
| Digitized | 6 veeb. 2008 |
| Length | 306 pages |
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