The Naturalist in NicaraguaJ.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1911 - 306 pages |
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Page 65
... 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 as food for larvæ ...
... 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 as food for larvæ ...
Page 170
... leaves , but delivers it from the attacks of a much more dangerous enemy - the leaf - cutting ants . For these services the ants are not only securely housed by the plant , but are provided with a bountiful supply of food , and to ...
... leaves , but delivers it from the attacks of a much more dangerous enemy - the leaf - cutting ants . For these services the ants are not only securely housed by the plant , but are provided with a bountiful supply of food , and to ...
Page 174
... 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 the ants coming out , excepting on one sickly- looking ...
... 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 the ants coming out , excepting on one sickly- looking ...
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The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of ... Thomas Belt No preview available - 2018 |
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