The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests; with Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living FormsE. Bumpus, 1888 - 403 pages |
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... beetles , and bugs , and I shall have many curious facts to relate concerning these mimetic resemblances . To those not acquainted with Mr. Bates's admirable remarks on mimetic forms , I must explain that we have to speak of one species ...
... beetles , and bugs , and I shall have many curious facts to relate concerning these mimetic resemblances . To those not acquainted with Mr. Bates's admirable remarks on mimetic forms , I must explain that we have to speak of one species ...
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... beetles . " * The Hymenoptera standing at the head of the Arti- culata , and the Mammalia at the head of the Vertebrata , it is curious to mark how , in geological history , the ap- pearance and development of these two orders ( culmi ...
... beetles . " * The Hymenoptera standing at the head of the Arti- culata , and the Mammalia at the head of the Vertebrata , it is curious to mark how , in geological history , the ap- pearance and development of these two orders ( culmi ...
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... beetle ( Acrocinus longimanus ) laying its eggs in the cuts , and the grubs that are hatched boring great holes all through the trunk . When these grubs are at work you can hear their rasping by standing at the bottom of the tree , and ...
... beetle ( Acrocinus longimanus ) laying its eggs in the cuts , and the grubs that are hatched boring great holes all through the trunk . When these grubs are at work you can hear their rasping by standing at the bottom of the tree , and ...
Page 69
... beetle ( Taniotes scalaris , Fab . ) which laid its eggs in the green bark , and produced white grubs that mined into the stem . I had to dig down to them with a knife to extricate them and prevent them destroying the young trees . We ...
... beetle ( Taniotes scalaris , Fab . ) which laid its eggs in the green bark , and produced white grubs that mined into the stem . I had to dig down to them with a knife to extricate them and prevent them destroying the young trees . We ...
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... beetles . * These ants do not confine themselves to leaves , but also carry off any vegetable substance that they find suitable for growing the fungus on . They are very partial to the inside white rind of oranges , and I have * This ...
... beetles . * These ants do not confine themselves to leaves , but also carry off any vegetable substance that they find suitable for growing the fungus on . They are very partial to the inside white rind of oranges , and I have * This ...
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