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Page 65
That they do not eat the leaves themselves I convinced myself ; for I found near
the tenanted chambers , deserted ones filled with the refuse particles of leaves
that had been exhausted as manure for the fungus , and were now left , and
served ...
That they do not eat the leaves themselves I convinced myself ; for I found near
the tenanted chambers , deserted ones filled with the refuse particles of leaves
that had been exhausted as manure for the fungus , and were now left , and
served ...
Page 170
These ants form a most efficient standing army for the plant , which prevents not
only the mammalia from browsing on the leaves , but delivers it from the attacks
of a much more dangerous enemy - the leaf - cutting ants . For these services the
...
These ants form a most efficient standing army for the plant , which prevents not
only the mammalia from browsing on the leaves , but delivers it from the attacks
of a much more dangerous enemy - the leaf - cutting ants . For these services the
...
Page 174
Every pouch was occupied by a nest of small black ants , and if the leaf was
shaken ever so little , they would rush out and scour all over it in search of the
aggressor . I must have tested some hundreds of leaves , and never shook one
without ...
Every pouch was occupied by a nest of small black ants , and if the leaf was
shaken ever so little , they would rush out and scour all over it in search of the
aggressor . I must have tested some hundreds of leaves , and never shook one
without ...
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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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