 | 1874 - 898 lehte
...plants, amongst them we may notice one species of acacia whose hollow thorns are tenanted by ants : — " Hundreds of ants are to be seen running about, especially...these be touched, or a branch shaken, the little ants swarm out from the hollow thorns and attack the aggressor with jaws and sting. These ants form a moat... | |
 | 1874 - 408 lehte
...that separates the two horns, so that the one entrance serves for both. Here they rear their young; and in the wet season every one of the thorns is tenanted, and hundreds of ants are be seen running about, especially over the young leaves. If one of these be touched, or a branch shaken,... | |
 | James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas - 1875 - 486 lehte
...that separates the two horns, so that the one entrance serves for both. Here they rear their young, and in the wet season every one of the thorns is tenanted,...branch shaken, the little ants (Pseudomyrma bicolor, Chier.) swarm out from the hollow thorns, and attack the aggressor with jaws and sting. They sting... | |
 | William Farren White - 1883 - 310 lehte
...the two horns, so that one entrance serves for both. Here they rear their young, and in wet seasons every one of the thorns is tenanted ; and hundreds...hollow thorns, and attack the aggressor with jaws and stings. They sting severely, raising a little lump that does not disappear in less than twenty-four... | |
 | John Ellor Taylor - 1884 - 412 lehte
...that separates the two horns, so that the one entrance serves for both. Here they rear their young, and in the wet season every one of the thorns is tenanted...these be touched, or a branch shaken, the little ants swarm out from the hollow thorns and attack the aggressor with jaws and sting. They sting severely,... | |
 | Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper - 1888 - 128 lehte
...erster Linie gegen die Blattschneider gewähren, wurde erst von T h. B e 1 1 nachgewiesen : „ . . . Hundreds of ants are to be seen running about, especially...out from the hollow thorns and attack the aggressor witb jaws and sting . . . These ants form a most efficient standing army for the plant, which prevents... | |
 | Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper - 1888 - 570 lehte
...gewähren, wurde erst von T h. B e 1 1 nachgewiesen : „ . . . Hundreds of ants are to be seen runuing about, especially over the young leaves. If one of these be touched, or a brauch shaken, the little ants (Pseudomyrma bicolor Quer.) s warm out from the hollow thorns and attack... | |
 | George Massee - 1891 - 274 lehte
...that separates the two horns, so that the one entrance serves for both. Here they rear their young, and in the wet season every one of the thorns is tenanted,...these be touched, or a branch shaken, the little ants swarm out from the hollow thorns and attack the aggressor with jaws and sting. They sting severely,... | |
 | Sir Patrick Geddes - 1893 - 232 lehte
...partition that separates the two horns, so that one entrance serves for both. Here they rear their young, and in the wet season every one of the thorns is tenanted,...are to be seen running about, especially over the younger leaves. If one of them be touched, or a branch shaken, the little ants (Pseudomyrma bicolor)... | |
 | 1896 - 758 lehte
...serves for both. Here they rear their young, and in the wet season every one of the thorns is occupied ; and hundreds of ants are to be seen running about,...these be touched or a branch shaken, the little ants swarm out from the hollow thorns and attack the aggressor with jaws and sting. They sting severely,... | |
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These horns are hollow, and are tenanted by ants, that make a small hole for their entrance and exit near one end of the thorn, and also burrow through the partition that separates the two horns; so that the one entrance serves for both. Here they rear... 
