The Naturalist in NicaraguaJ.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1911 - 306 pages |
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... nest of other species . The moving columns of Ecitons are composed almost entirely of workers of different sizes , but at intervals of two or three yards there are larger and lighter - coloured individuals that will often stop , and ...
... nest of other species . The moving columns of Ecitons are composed almost entirely of workers of different sizes , but at intervals of two or three yards there are larger and lighter - coloured individuals that will often stop , and ...
Page 62
... nest of the year before , where they were busily employed making fresh excavations . Many were bringing along pieces of the ant - food from the old to the new nests ; others carried the undeveloped white pupa and larvæ . It was a ...
... nest of the year before , where they were busily employed making fresh excavations . Many were bringing along pieces of the ant - food from the old to the new nests ; others carried the undeveloped white pupa and larvæ . It was a ...
Page 64
... nest of a distinct species that generally comes out only in the night - time , often entering houses and carrying off various farinaceous substances , and which does not make mounds above its nests , but long , winding passages ...
... nest of a distinct species that generally comes out only in the night - time , often entering houses and carrying off various farinaceous substances , and which does not make mounds above its nests , but long , winding passages ...
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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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amongst ancient animals ants Atlantic attacks beautiful beetles birds branches bushes butterflies carried cattle Central America Chontales colour continued couvade covered crossed dark Depilto dogs Ecitons feet flowers forest fresh-water fruit glacial period gold grass green Greytown ground hills humming-birds Indians inhabitants insects islands Jinotega journey Juigalpa lake land larvæ leaf leaf-cutting ants leaves Libertad live lodes longicorn look maize Masaya Matagalpa Mexico miles mines mountain mules Nahuatls natives nearly nest Nicaragua night numerous o'clock Ocotal passed plains plants prey probably quartz quartz veins rain range reached resemblance Rio Frio river road rocks rocky San Ubaldo Santo Domingo savannahs seen side slope soon Spaniards species spiders steep stones surface Teustepe told Totagalpa town trachyte travelling trees tropical America valley variety vegetation Velasquez wasps whilst wings yellow young