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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Page 18
On approaching, a dense body of the ants, three or four yards wide, and so
numerous as to blacken the ground, would be seen moving rapidly in one
direction, examining every cranny, and underneath every fallen leaf. On the
flanks, and in ...
On approaching, a dense body of the ants, three or four yards wide, and so
numerous as to blacken the ground, would be seen moving rapidly in one
direction, examining every cranny, and underneath every fallen leaf. On the
flanks, and in ...
Page 21
21 Ecitons hunt about in columns, which branch off in various directions. ...
carrying the larvae and pupae in their jaws, but are immediately despoiled of
them by the Ecitons, which are running about in every direction with great
swiftness.
21 Ecitons hunt about in columns, which branch off in various directions. ...
carrying the larvae and pupae in their jaws, but are immediately despoiled of
them by the Ecitons, which are running about in every direction with great
swiftness.
Page 25
Ch. II.] TEMPORARY ANTS'-NEST.S. 25 by all the common workers moving in
one direction, many of them carrying the larvae and pupae carefully in their jaws.
Here and there one of the light-coloured officers moves backwards and forwards
...
Ch. II.] TEMPORARY ANTS'-NEST.S. 25 by all the common workers moving in
one direction, many of them carrying the larvae and pupae carefully in their jaws.
Here and there one of the light-coloured officers moves backwards and forwards
...
Page 72
... carrying off the pieces of leaves, each piece about the size of a sixpence, and
held up vertically between the jaws of the ant; another lot hurrying along in an
opposite direction empty handed, but eager to get loaded with their leafy burdens
.
... carrying off the pieces of leaves, each piece about the size of a sixpence, and
held up vertically between the jaws of the ant; another lot hurrying along in an
opposite direction empty handed, but eager to get loaded with their leafy burdens
.
Page 80
... in every direction throughout it. I not only found this fungus in every chamber I
opened, but also in the Ch. W.] FOOD OF THE ANTS. S1 chambers of the. NEST
OF TEAF-CUTTING ANT g e g go.
... in every direction throughout it. I not only found this fungus in every chamber I
opened, but also in the Ch. W.] FOOD OF THE ANTS. S1 chambers of the. NEST
OF TEAF-CUTTING ANT g e g go.
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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 |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1874 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 okt. 2017 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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