The Naturalist in NicaraguaJ. M. Dent & Sons, 1911 - 306 pages |
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Page 65
... carry every morsel of it under shelter again ; and sometimes , when I had dug into a nest , I found the next day all ... carried 1 This theory that the leaf - cutting ants feed on a fungus which they cultivate has been confirmed by Mr ...
... carry every morsel of it under shelter again ; and sometimes , when I had dug into a nest , I found the next day all ... carried 1 This theory that the leaf - cutting ants feed on a fungus which they cultivate has been confirmed by Mr ...
Page 66
... carry in the burdens , they climb on the top of the pieces which are being carried along by the middle - sized workers , and so get a ride home again . It is very probable that they take a run out merely for air and exercise . The ...
... carry in the burdens , they climb on the top of the pieces which are being carried along by the middle - sized workers , and so get a ride home again . It is very probable that they take a run out merely for air and exercise . The ...
Page 117
... carried hundreds of miles without much labour to themselves . I added two fine new Carabidae to my collection ; and about eleven o'clock started back again , having many a fall on the slippery steep before I reached the place where I ...
... carried hundreds of miles without much labour to themselves . I added two fine new Carabidae to my collection ; and about eleven o'clock started back again , having many a fall on the slippery steep before I reached the place where I ...
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