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Page 19
I once saw one of the false spiders , or harvest - men ( Phalangida ) , standing in
the midst of an army of ants , and with ... Sometimes as many as five out of its
eight legs would be lifted at once , and whenever an ant approached one of
those ...
I once saw one of the false spiders , or harvest - men ( Phalangida ) , standing in
the midst of an army of ants , and with ... Sometimes as many as five out of its
eight legs would be lifted at once , and whenever an ant approached one of
those ...
Page 170
These ants form a most efficient standing army for the plant , which prevents not
only the mammalia from browsing on the leaves , but delivers it from the attacks
of a much more dangerous enemy — the leaf - cutting ants . For these services
the ...
These ants form a most efficient standing army for the plant , which prevents not
only the mammalia from browsing on the leaves , but delivers it from the attacks
of a much more dangerous enemy — the leaf - cutting ants . For these services
the ...
Page 174
Every pouch was occupied by a nest of small black ants , and if the 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 ...
Every pouch was occupied by a nest of small black ants , and if the 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 ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua 651. number of Everyman's Library 651. number of Everyman's library: Science |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | J. M. Dent, 1911 |
| Original from | UC Southern Regional Library Facility |
| Digitized | 16 dets. 2014 |
| Length | 306 pages |
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