Ants, Bees, and Wasps: A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social HymenopteraAppleton, 1913 - 448 pages |
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... almost immediately . No doubt this is generally the case . At the same time , some males of Myrmica ruginodis , which I ... nearly fifteen years old , and of course may have been more . She 1 Naturgeschichte der Insekten . attained ...
... almost immediately . No doubt this is generally the case . At the same time , some males of Myrmica ruginodis , which I ... nearly fifteen years old , and of course may have been more . She 1 Naturgeschichte der Insekten . attained ...
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... nearly allied species , I have found that a hand held as much as 18 inches above the ants was covered with acid . But even when the poison 1 ן I is not thus fired at the enemy from a distance ORIGIN OF THE STING . 15.
... nearly allied species , I have found that a hand held as much as 18 inches above the ants was covered with acid . But even when the poison 1 ן I is not thus fired at the enemy from a distance ORIGIN OF THE STING . 15.
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... nearly two hundred yards . Within this area they had exterminated all the other ants , except a few nests of Tapinoma erraticum , which survived , thanks to their great agility . In these cases the number of □ Trans . Ent . Soc . , vol ...
... nearly two hundred yards . Within this area they had exterminated all the other ants , except a few nests of Tapinoma erraticum , which survived , thanks to their great agility . In these cases the number of □ Trans . Ent . Soc . , vol ...
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... nearly allied F. cinerea has , on the contrary , a considerable amount of individual audacity . F. rufa ( Pl . II . fig . 5 ) , the horse ant , is , according to M. Forel , especially characterised by the want of individual initiative ...
... nearly allied F. cinerea has , on the contrary , a considerable amount of individual audacity . F. rufa ( Pl . II . fig . 5 ) , the horse ant , is , according to M. Forel , especially characterised by the want of individual initiative ...
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... nearly covered with them . They appeared to be holding on by their man- dibles to the delicate hairs upon the female's body , and 1 Proc . Acad Natural Sciences of Philadelphia , 1879. Note on the Adoption of an Ant - Queen , ' by Mr ...
... nearly covered with them . They appeared to be holding on by their man- dibles to the delicate hairs upon the female's body , and 1 Proc . Acad Natural Sciences of Philadelphia , 1879. Note on the Adoption of an Ant - Queen , ' by Mr ...
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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.