Ants, Bees, and Wasps: A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social HymenopteraAppleton, 1913 - 448 pages |
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... five or six classes . As regards the length of life of the larvæ , Forel supposed ' that those of Tapinoma matured the quickest , and were full - grown in about six or seven weeks . Some of Myrmica ruginodis , however , ob- served by me ...
... five or six classes . As regards the length of life of the larvæ , Forel supposed ' that those of Tapinoma matured the quickest , and were full - grown in about six or seven weeks . Some of Myrmica ruginodis , however , ob- served by me ...
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... five segments and terminating in a pair of strong claws . In the males and females the meso- and meta- thorax each bear a pair of wings , which , however , are stripped off by the insects themselves soon after the marriage flight . The ...
... five segments and terminating in a pair of strong claws . In the males and females the meso- and meta- thorax each bear a pair of wings , which , however , are stripped off by the insects themselves soon after the marriage flight . The ...
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... ) , the complexity is carried still further ; ' Rev. T. S. Savage on the ' Habits of the Driver Ants , ' Trans Ent . Soc . , vol v . p . 12 . Lund ' pointed out that there were two different Lunds FIVE KINDS OF INDIVIDUALS IN SAUBA . 21.
... ) , the complexity is carried still further ; ' Rev. T. S. Savage on the ' Habits of the Driver Ants , ' Trans Ent . Soc . , vol v . p . 12 . Lund ' pointed out that there were two different Lunds FIVE KINDS OF INDIVIDUALS IN SAUBA . 21.
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... five classes of individuals , ramely : 1. Males . 2. Queens . 3. Small ordinary workers ( Pl . III . fig . 2 ) . 4. Large workers ( Pl . III . fig . 1 ) , with very large hairy heads . 5. Large workers , with large polished heads ...
... five classes of individuals , ramely : 1. Males . 2. Queens . 3. Small ordinary workers ( Pl . III . fig . 2 ) . 4. Large workers ( Pl . III . fig . 1 ) , with very large hairy heads . 5. Large workers , with large polished heads ...
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... five thousand to half a million . Ants also make for themselves roads . These are not merely worn by the continued passage of the ants , as was supposed by Christ , but are actually prepared by the ants , rather however by the removal ...
... five thousand to half a million . Ants also make for themselves roads . These are not merely worn by the continued passage of the ants , as was supposed by Christ , but are actually prepared by the ants , rather however by the removal ...
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Page 79 - On the 17th of June, 1804, whilst walking in the environs of Geneva, between four and five in the evening, I observed close at my feet, traversing the road, a legion of rufescent ants. They moved in a body with considerable rapidity, and occupied a space of from eight to ten inches in length by three or four in breadth. In a few minutes they quitted the road, passed a thick hedge, and entered a pasture ground where I followed them.