Ants, Bees, and Wasps: A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social HymenopteraAppleton, 1913 - 448 pages |
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... namely , that while in summer they take only a few weeks ; in some species , as our small yellow meadow ants , the autumn larvæ remain with compara- tively little change throughout the winter . It is much PUPA - IMAGO .
... namely , that while in summer they take only a few weeks ; in some species , as our small yellow meadow ants , the autumn larvæ remain with compara- tively little change throughout the winter . It is much PUPA - IMAGO .
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... yellow meadow ant , or in Atta barbara ( Pl . II . figs . 1 and 2 ) , where some of them are much more than twice as large as others . But in certain ants there are differences still more re- markable . Thus , in a Mexican species ...
... yellow meadow ant , or in Atta barbara ( Pl . II . figs . 1 and 2 ) , where some of them are much more than twice as large as others . But in certain ants there are differences still more re- markable . Thus , in a Mexican species ...
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... yellow ant ( Lasius flavus ) keeps flocks and herds of the root - feeding aphides . In fact , to this difference of habit the difference of colour is perhaps due . The Baltic amber contains among the remains of many other insects a ...
... yellow ant ( Lasius flavus ) keeps flocks and herds of the root - feeding aphides . In fact , to this difference of habit the difference of colour is perhaps due . The Baltic amber contains among the remains of many other insects a ...
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... yellow meadow ant , which lives almost entirely below ground , has become much paler . The ants may be said almost literally to milk the aphides ; for , as Darwin and others have shown , the aphides generally retain the secretion until ...
... yellow meadow ant , which lives almost entirely below ground , has become much paler . The ants may be said almost literally to milk the aphides ; for , as Darwin and others have shown , the aphides generally retain the secretion until ...
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... yellow ant ( Lasius flavus ) contain in abundance four or five species of aphis , more than one of which appears to be as yet undescribed . In addition , however , to the insects belonging to this family , there are a large number of ...
... yellow ant ( Lasius flavus ) contain in abundance four or five species of aphis , more than one of which appears to be as yet undescribed . In addition , however , to the insects belonging to this family , there are a large number of ...
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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.