Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page 83
... ants from their immense abundance and destructive propensities . Many of them sting most acutely , causing a pain like that of a sudden burn , whence they are often called " fire - ants . " They often swarm in houses and devour ...
... ants from their immense abundance and destructive propensities . Many of them sting most acutely , causing a pain like that of a sudden burn , whence they are often called " fire - ants . " They often swarm in houses and devour ...
Page 84
... ants , living under rotten bark or in the ground , and very voracious . They are brown or blackish , and are remarkable for their great variety of size and form in the same species , the largest having enormous heads many times larger ...
... ants , living under rotten bark or in the ground , and very voracious . They are brown or blackish , and are remarkable for their great variety of size and form in the same species , the largest having enormous heads many times larger ...
Page 85
... ants on it , and on opening the box found only a mass of detached wings and bodies , the latter in process of being devoured by hundreds of fire - ants . The celebrated Saüba ant of America ( Ecodoma cephalotes ) is allied to the ...
... ants on it , and on opening the box found only a mass of detached wings and bodies , the latter in process of being devoured by hundreds of fire - ants . The celebrated Saüba ant of America ( Ecodoma cephalotes ) is allied to the ...
Page 86
... ants for twenty years . Thus we can account for the fact mentioned by Mr. Bates , that the underground galleries were traced by smoke for a distance of seventy yards in the Botanic Gardens at Para ; and for the still more extraordinary ...
... ants for twenty years . Thus we can account for the fact mentioned by Mr. Bates , that the underground galleries were traced by smoke for a distance of seventy yards in the Botanic Gardens at Para ; and for the still more extraordinary ...
Page 87
... ants , cockroaches , and other soft insects ; and their bands are always accompanied by For a full and most interesting description of the habits and instincts of this ant , see Bates ' Naturalist on the Amazons , 2nd edit . pp . 11-18 ...
... ants , cockroaches , and other soft insects ; and their bands are always accompanied by For a full and most interesting description of the habits and instincts of this ant , see Bates ' Naturalist on the Amazons , 2nd edit . pp . 11-18 ...
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