 On approaching, a dense body of the ants, three or four yards wide, and so numerous as to blacken the ground, would be seen moving rapidly in one direction, examining every cranny, and underneath every fallen leaf. On the flanks, and in advance of the...  Ants: Their Structure, Development and Behavior - Page 256by William Morton Wheeler - 1910 - 663 lehteFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Belt - 1874 - 442 lehte
...small birds, belonging to several different species, that follow the ants in the woods. On approaching, a dense body of the ants, three or four yards wide,...and spiders. The pursued insects would rapidly make off, but many, in their confusion and terror, would bound right into the midst of the main body of... | |
 | 1874 - 408 lehte
...small birds, belonging to several different species, that follow the ants in the woods. On approaching, a dense body of the ants — three or four yards wide,...and spiders. The pursued insects would rapidly make off, but many in their confusion and terror would bound right into the midst of the main body of ants.... | |
 | James Samuelson, Sir William Crookes - 1877 - 600 lehte
...of some small birds belonging to different species. On approaching, a dense body of the ants, 3 or 4 yards wide and so numerous as to blacken the ground,...and spiders. The pursued insects would rapidly make off, but many, in their confusion and terror, would bound right into the midst of the main body of... | |
 | 1877 - 612 lehte
...of some small birds belonging to different species. On approaching, a dense body of the ants, 3 or 4 yards wide and so numerous as to blacken the ground,...and spiders. The pursued insects would rapidly make off, but many, in their confusion and terror, would bound right into the midst of the main body of... | |
 | 1878 - 446 lehte
...called to them by the twittering of some small birds belonging to different species. On approaching, a dense body of the ants, three or four yards wide,...and spiders. The pursued insects would rapidly make off, but many, in their confusion and terror, would bound right into the midst of the main body of... | |
 | 1883 - 456 lehte
...called to them by the twittering of some small birds belonging to different species. On approaching, a dense body of the ants, three or four yards wide,...and spiders. The pursued insects would rapidly make off, but many, in their confusion and terror, would bound right into the midst of the main body of... | |
 | 1885 - 456 lehte
...called to them by the twittering of some small birds belonging to different species. On approaching, a dense body of the ants, three or four yards wide,...and spiders. The pursued insects would rapidly make off, but many, in their confusion and terror, would bound right into the midst of the main body of... | |
 | Thomas Belt - 1888 - 454 lehte
...different species, that follow the ants in the woods. On approaching to ascertain the cause of this disturbance, a dense body of the ants, three or four...and spiders. The pursued insects would rapidly make off, but many, in their confusion and terror, would bound right into the midst of the main body of... | |
 | Edward W. Badger, William Hillhouse - 1888 - 660 lehte
...another. In the capture of their prey they exhibited a well-planned system. Moving in dense masses three or four yards wide, and so numerous as to blacken the ground, "smaller columns would first flush the game — cockroaches, spiders, and other insects" — which,... | |
 | 1878 - 804 lehte
...called to them by the twittering of some small birds belonging to different species. On approaching, a dense body of the ants, three or four yards wide,...and spiders. The pursued insects would rapidly make off, but many, in their confusion and terror, would bound right into the midst of the main body of... | |
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