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are wasps that store their nests with the bodies of spiders for their young to feed
on . In Australia , I often witnessed a wasp combating with a large flat spider that
is found on the bark of trees . It would fall to the ground , and lie on its back , so as
...
are wasps that store their nests with the bodies of spiders for their young to feed
on . In Australia , I often witnessed a wasp combating with a large flat spider that
is found on the bark of trees . It would fall to the ground , and lie on its back , so as
...
Page 170
At the base of each pair of leaflets , on the mid - rib , is a crater - formed gland ,
which , when the leaves are young , secretes a honeylike liquid . Of this the ants
are very fond ; and they are constantly running about from one gland to another
to ...
At the base of each pair of leaflets , on the mid - rib , is a crater - formed gland ,
which , when the leaves are young , secretes a honeylike liquid . Of this the ants
are very fond ; and they are constantly running about from one gland to another
to ...
Page 174
In many of the pouches I noticed the eggs and young ants , and in some I saw a
few darkcoloured Coccid¿ or aphides ; but my attention had not been at that time
directed to the latter as supplying the ants with food , and I did not examine a ...
In many of the pouches I noticed the eggs and young ants , and in some I saw a
few darkcoloured Coccid¿ or aphides ; but my attention had not been at that time
directed to the latter as supplying the ants with food , and I did not examine a ...
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| 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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