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 7
Other closely allied species hide under fallen branches and logs, but this one
clung exposed amongst the leaves, its antennae concealed against its body, and
its resemblance to a caterpillar so great, that I was myself at first deceived by it.
Other closely allied species hide under fallen branches and logs, but this one
clung exposed amongst the leaves, its antennae concealed against its body, and
its resemblance to a caterpillar so great, that I was myself at first deceived by it.
Page 8
They serve often for concealment, as when leaves are imitated by leaf-insects
and many butterflies; or for a disguise that enables predatory species to get
within reach of their prey, as in those spiders that resemble the petals of flowers ...
They serve often for concealment, as when leaves are imitated by leaf-insects
and many butterflies; or for a disguise that enables predatory species to get
within reach of their prey, as in those spiders that resemble the petals of flowers ...
Page 15
... with the great leaves of the Heliconiae. At seven we breakfasted on a sand-
bank, and got our clothes and blankets dried. There were numerous tracks of
alligators, but it was too early to look for their eggs in the sand; a month later, in
March, ...
... with the great leaves of the Heliconiae. At seven we breakfasted on a sand-
bank, and got our clothes and blankets dried. There were numerous tracks of
alligators, but it was too early to look for their eggs in the sand; a month later, in
March, ...
Page 21
I often found it running about sipping at the glands of leaves, or milking aphides,
leaf-hoppers, or scale-insects that it found unattended by other ants. On the
approach of another, though of a much smaller species, it would immediately run
...
I often found it running about sipping at the glands of leaves, or milking aphides,
leaf-hoppers, or scale-insects that it found unattended by other ants. On the
approach of another, though of a much smaller species, it would immediately run
...
Page 22
Crickets, grasshoppers, scorpions, centipedes, wood-lice, cockroaches, and
spiders are driven out from below the fallen leaves and branches. Many of them
are caught by the ants, others that get away are picked up by the numerous birds
that ...
Crickets, grasshoppers, scorpions, centipedes, wood-lice, cockroaches, and
spiders are driven out from below the fallen leaves and branches. Many of them
are caught by the ants, others that get away are picked up by the numerous birds
that ...
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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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