 ... their entrance and exit near one end of the thorn, and also burrow through the partition that separates the two horns; so that the one entrance serves for both. Here they rear their young, and in the wet season every one of the thorns is tenanted...  Ants: Their Structure, Development and Behavior - Page 312by William Morton Wheeler - 1910 - 663 lehteFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Belt - 1874 - 442 lehte
...for both. Here they rear their yonng, and in the wet season every one of the thorns is tenanted ; and hundreds of ants are to be seen running about, especially...thorns, and attack the aggressor with jaws and sting. They sting severely, raising a little white lump that does not disappear in less than twentyfour hours.... | |
 | 1874 - 408 lehte
...rear their young; and in the wet season every one of the thorns is tenanted, and hundreds of ants are be seen running about, especially over the young leaves....thorns, and attack the aggressor with jaws and sting. They sting severely, raising a little white lump that does jot disappear in less than twentyfour hours."—... | |
 | Thomas Belt - 1874 - 452 lehte
...for both. Here they rear their young, and in the wet season every one of the thorns is tenanted ; and hundreds of ants are to be seen running about, especially...these be touched, or a branch shaken, the little ants (Pseudowyrma bicolor, Guer.) swarm out from the hollow thorns, and attack the aggressor with jaws and... | |
 | 1874 - 898 lehte
...plants, amongst them we may notice one species of acacia whose hollow thorns are tenanted by ants : — " Hundreds of ants are to be seen running about, especially...these be touched, or a branch shaken, the little ants swarm out from the hollow thorns and attack the aggressor with jaws and sting. These ants form a moat... | |
 | James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas - 1875 - 486 lehte
...for both. Here they rear their young, and in the wet season every one of the thorns is tenanted, and hundreds of ants are to be seen running about, especially...branch shaken, the little ants (Pseudomyrma bicolor, Chier.) swarm out from the hollow thorns, and attack the aggressor with jaws and sting. They sting... | |
 | William Farren White - 1883 - 310 lehte
...for both. Here they rear their young, and in wet seasons every one of the thorns is tenanted ; and hundreds of ants are to be seen running about, especially...hollow thorns, and attack the aggressor with jaws and stings. They sting severely, raising a little lump that does not disappear in less than twenty-four... | |
 | John Ellor Taylor - 1884 - 368 lehte
...for both. Here they rear their young, and in the wet season every one of the thorns is tenanted ; and hundreds of ants are to be seen running about, especially...these be touched, or a branch shaken, the little ants swarm out from the hollow thorns and attack the aggressor with jaws and sting. They sting severely,... | |
 | John Ellor Taylor - 1884 - 412 lehte
...about, especially over the young leaves. If one of these be touched, or a branch shaken, the little ants swarm out from the hollow thorns and attack the aggressor with jaws and sting. They sting severely, raising a little white lump that does not disappear in less than twenty-four hours.... | |
 | Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper - 1888 - 128 lehte
...erster Linie gegen die Blattschneider gewähren, wurde erst von T h. B e 1 1 nachgewiesen : „ . . . Hundreds of ants are to be seen running about, especially...out from the hollow thorns and attack the aggressor witb jaws and sting . . . These ants form a most efficient standing army for the plant, which prevents... | |
 | Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper - 1888 - 570 lehte
...gewähren, wurde erst von T h. B e 1 1 nachgewiesen : „ . . . Hundreds of ants are to be seen runuing about, especially over the young leaves. If one of these be touched, or a brauch shaken, the little ants (Pseudomyrma bicolor Quer.) s warm out from the hollow thorns and attack... | |
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