The Naturalist on the River Amazons: A Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects of Nature Under the Equator, During Eleven Years of TravelDover Publications, 1975 - 394 pages |
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Page 13
... ants are usually fed by juices secreted by the worker nurses . Ants , it is scarcely necessary to observe , consist , in each species , of three sets of individuals , or , as some express it , of three sexes — namely , males , females ...
... ants are usually fed by juices secreted by the worker nurses . Ants , it is scarcely necessary to observe , consist , in each species , of three sets of individuals , or , as some express it , of three sexes — namely , males , females ...
Page 52
... ants . I believe , however , they feed upon the Saübas , for I once found remains of ants in the stomach of one of them . Their motions are quite peculiar ; the undilatable jaws , small eyes and curious plated integument also ...
... ants . I believe , however , they feed upon the Saübas , for I once found remains of ants in the stomach of one of them . Their motions are quite peculiar ; the undilatable jaws , small eyes and curious plated integument also ...
Page 354
... ants moved up the steep sides of the hillock in a continued stream ; many which had hitherto trotted along empty - handed , now turned to assist their comrades with their heavy loads , and the whole descended into a spacious gallery or ...
... ants moved up the steep sides of the hillock in a continued stream ; many which had hitherto trotted along empty - handed , now turned to assist their comrades with their heavy loads , and the whole descended into a spacious gallery or ...
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The Naturalist on the River Amazons: A Record of Adventures, Habits of ... Henry Walter Bates No preview available - 2015 |
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