 They make their temporary habitations in hollow trees, and sometimes underneath large fallen trunks that offer suitable hollows. A nest that I came across in the latter situation was open at one side. The ants were clustered together in a dense mass,...  The Naturalist in Nicaragua - Page 26by Thomas Belt - 2005 - 448 lehteLimited preview - About this book
 | George John Romanes - 1882 - 550 lehte
...hollow trees, and sometimes underneath large fallen trucks that offer suitable hollows. A nest that I came across in the latter situation was open at one...together the mass, which must have been at least a cubic yard in bulk, and contained hundreds of thousands of individuals, although many columns were... | |
 | George John Romanes - 1884 - 552 lehte
...hollow trees, and sometimes underneath large fallen trucks that offer suitable hollows. A nest that I came across in the latter situation was open at one...mass, like a great swarm of bees, hanging from the rocf but reaching to the ground below. Their innumerable long legs looked like brown threads binding... | |
 | Sir Arthur Everett Shipley - 1899 - 646 lehte
...hollow trees and sometimes underneath large fallen trunks that offer suitable hollows. A nest that I came across in the latter situation was open at one...together the mass, which must have been at least a cubic yard in bulk, and contained hundreds of thousands of individuals, although many columns were... | |
 | 1900 - 468 lehte
...hollow trees, and sometimes underneath large fallen trunks that offer suitable hollows. A nest that I came across in the latter situation was open at one...together the mass, which must have been at least a cubic yard in bulk, and contained hundreds of thousands of individuals, although many columns were... | |
 | 1900 - 1016 lehte
...hollow trees, and sometimes underneath large fallen trunks that offer suitable hollows. A nest that I came across in the latter situation was open at one...together the mass, which must have been at least a cubic yard in bulk, and contained hundreds of thou sands of individuals, although many columns were... | |
 | James Richard Ainsworth Davis - 1904 - 332 lehte
...hollow trees and sometimes underneath large fallen trunks that offer suitable hollows. A nest that I came across in the latter situation was open at one...together the mass, which must have been at least a cubic yard in bulk, and contained hundreds of thousands of individuals, although many columns were... | |
 | William Morton Wheeler - 1910 - 708 lehte
...hollow trees, and sometimes underneath large fallen trunks that offer suitable hollows. A nest that I came across in the latter situation was open at one...hanging from the roof, but reaching to the ground below. FIG. 147. Castes of Acnmatus schmitti ; drawn under the same magnification. (Original.) a, Worker;... | |
 | William Morton Wheeler - 1910 - 696 lehte
...ovipositing ; the anterior portion of the body is covered with mites (Ciìlibano hirticoma) ; d, male. Their innumerable long legs looked like brown threads...together the mass, which must have been at least a cubic yard in bulk, and contained hundreds of thousands of individuals, although many columns were... | |
 | Hugh Chisholm - 1910 - 1056 lehte
...errática. liollow trees or similar situations, where the insects may be seen, according to T. Belt, " clustered together in a dense mass like a great swarm of bees hanging from the roof." The harvesting habits of certain ants have long been known, the subterranean store-houses of Mediterranean... | |
 | Hugh Chisholm - 1910 - 1054 lehte
...errática. hollow trees or similar situations, where the insects may be seen, according to T. Belt, " clustered together in a dense mass like a great swarm of bees hanging from the roof." The harvesting habits of certain ants have long been known, the subterranean store-houses of Mediterranean... | |
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