Ants, Bees, and Wasps: A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social HymenopteraAppleton, 1913 - 448 pages |
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... pupa , imago - Length of life - Structure of ants- Head , thorax , abdomen , antennæ , eyes , ocelli , mouth parts , legs , wings , sting - Origin of the sting - Character of ants— Wars among ants — Modes of fighting - Queen ants ...
... pupa , imago - Length of life - Structure of ants- Head , thorax , abdomen , antennæ , eyes , ocelli , mouth parts , legs , wings , sting - Origin of the sting - Character of ants— Wars among ants — Modes of fighting - Queen ants ...
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... pupa removed from the nest and subsequently returned - Separa- tion of a nest into two halves , and recognition as friends by the ants in each half of young bred in the other half - Pupæ tended by ants from a different nest treated as ...
... pupa removed from the nest and subsequently returned - Separa- tion of a nest into two halves , and recognition as friends by the ants in each half of young bred in the other half - Pupæ tended by ants from a different nest treated as ...
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... pupa or chrysalis , and of the perfect insect or imago . The eggs are white or yellowish , and somewhat elon- gated . They are said to hatch about fifteen days after being laid . Those observed by me have taken a month or six weeks ...
... pupa or chrysalis , and of the perfect insect or imago . The eggs are white or yellowish , and somewhat elon- gated . They are said to hatch about fifteen days after being laid . Those observed by me have taken a month or six weeks ...
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... pupa in less than a month . In other cases the period is much longer . In certain species , Lasius flavus , for instance , some of the larvæ live through the winter . When full grown they turn into pupæ ( Pl . V. fig . 4 ) , sometimes ...
... pupa in less than a month . In other cases the period is much longer . In certain species , Lasius flavus , for instance , some of the larvæ live through the winter . When full grown they turn into pupæ ( Pl . V. fig . 4 ) , sometimes ...
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... pupa as it ever will be ; excepting , indeed , that the abdomen of the females sometimes increases in size from the de- velopment of the eggs . We have hitherto very little information as to the length of life in ants in the imago , or ...
... pupa as it ever will be ; excepting , indeed , that the abdomen of the females sometimes increases in size from the de- velopment of the eggs . We have hitherto very little information as to the length of life in ants in the imago , or ...
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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.