The American Naturalist, 35. köideEssex Institute, 1901 |
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Page 883 - dull and blundering fellows," fond of the mud, and growing best in weedy ponds and rivers without current. They stay near the bottom, moving slowly about with their barbels widely spread, watching for anything eatable. They will take any kind of bait, from an angleworm to a piece of a tin tomato can, without coquetry, and they seldom fail to swallow the hook.
Page 409 - paused, as if spellbound by this shampooing and occasionally folded its antennae as if in sensuous enjoyment. The Leptothorax after licking the Myrmica's pate, moved its head round to the side and began to lick the cheeks, mandibles, and labium of the Myrmica. Such ardent osculation was not bestowed in vain, for a minute drop of liquid — evidently some of the recently imbibed sugar-water — appeared on the Myrmica's lower lip and was promptly lapped up by the Leptothorax. The latter then dismounted,...
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