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Food of the Ants 65 masses of ant - food spread about , the ants are in great
concern to carry every morsel of it under shelter again ; and sometimes , when I
had dug into a nest , I found the next day all the earth thrown out filled with little
pits ...
Food of the Ants 65 masses of ant - food spread about , the ants are in great
concern to carry every morsel of it under shelter again ; and sometimes , when I
had dug into a nest , I found the next day all the earth thrown out filled with little
pits ...
Page 66
I have never seen the smallest class of ants carrying in leaves ; their duties
appear to be inside , cutting them up into ... but instead of helping to carry in the
burdens , they climb on the top of the pieces which are being carried along by the
...
I have never seen the smallest class of ants carrying in leaves ; their duties
appear to be inside , cutting them up into ... but instead of helping to carry in the
burdens , they climb on the top of the pieces which are being carried along by the
...
Page 117
117 Beetles Carried by the Wind of the rock , where only rushes are growing .
They appeared to be travelling with the north - east trade wind , and were sifted
out by the rushes as they passed over . On a finer night I have no doubt many ...
117 Beetles Carried by the Wind of the rock , where only rushes are growing .
They appeared to be travelling with the north - east trade wind , and were sifted
out by the rushes as they passed over . On a finer night I have no doubt many ...
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| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua 561. number of Everyman's library Everyman's library, ed. by Ernest Rhys. Science Everyman's library. Travel and topography 561. number of Everyman's library: Science |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Contributor | Thomas Belt |
| Publisher | J.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1911 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 7 jaan. 2010 |
| Length | 306 pages |
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