 ANTS. 219 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 ; and hundreds of ants are to be seen running about,...  Ants and their ways - Page 226by William Farren White - 1883 - 279 lehteFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Belt - 1874 - 442 lehte
...horns ; so that the one entrance serves for both. Here they rear their yonng, and in the wet season every one of the thorns is tenanted ; and hundreds...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 twentyfour... | |
 | Thomas Belt - 1874 - 452 lehte
...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 ; and hundreds...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... | |
 | 1874 - 408 lehte
...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, and hundreds of ants are be seen running about, especially over the young leaves. If one of these be touched, or a branch shaken,... | |
 | James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas - 1875 - 486 lehte
...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, and hundreds...branch shaken, the little ants (Pseudomyrma bicolor, Chier.) swarm out from the hollow thorns, and attack the aggressor with jaws and sting. They sting... | |
 | John Ellor Taylor - 1884 - 412 lehte
...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 ; and hundreds...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,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | George Massee - 1891 - 280 lehte
...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, and hundreds...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,... | |
 | George Massee - 1891 - 274 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... | |
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