Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page 78
... curious habit , while sitting with their wings erect , of moving the lower pair over each other in opposite directions , giving them the strange appearance of excentrically revolving dises . The great majority of butterflies disappear ...
... curious habit , while sitting with their wings erect , of moving the lower pair over each other in opposite directions , giving them the strange appearance of excentrically revolving dises . The great majority of butterflies disappear ...
Page 80
... curious habits , and the annoyance they often cause to man , are sure to force themselves . upon the attention of every one who visits the tropics . Ants , Wasps , and Bees . - The hymenopterous insects of the tropics are , next to the ...
... curious habits , and the annoyance they often cause to man , are sure to force themselves . upon the attention of every one who visits the tropics . Ants , Wasps , and Bees . - The hymenopterous insects of the tropics are , next to the ...
Page 82
... curious hooks , spines , points and bristles with which they are armed , which must render them unpalatable morsels , very liable to stick in the jaws or throats of their captors . A curious and very common species in the Malay Islands ...
... curious hooks , spines , points and bristles with which they are armed , which must render them unpalatable morsels , very liable to stick in the jaws or throats of their captors . A curious and very common species in the Malay Islands ...
Page 89
... curious shrubs belonging to the Cinchonaccæ , which grow parasitically on other trees , and whose swollen stems are veritable ants ' nests . When very young the stems are like small , irregular prickly tubers , in the hollows of which ...
... curious shrubs belonging to the Cinchonaccæ , which grow parasitically on other trees , and whose swollen stems are veritable ants ' nests . When very young the stems are like small , irregular prickly tubers , in the hollows of which ...
Page 90
... curious phenomenon of insects specially attracted to certain plants to protect them from other insects ; and the existence of the destructive leaf - cutting ant in America will thus explain why these specially modified plants are so ...
... curious phenomenon of insects specially attracted to certain plants to protect them from other insects ; and the existence of the destructive leaf - cutting ant in America will thus explain why these specially modified plants are so ...
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