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... ants . The same nest is often revisited many times on the same day or at different periods , until either there is ... harvest from the same nest . The Amazon army often severs itself into two separate divisions when there is not enough ...
... ants . The same nest is often revisited many times on the same day or at different periods , until either there is ... harvest from the same nest . The Amazon army often severs itself into two separate divisions when there is not enough ...
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... ants on account of their numerical superiority . Forel one day poured the contents of ten nests of pratenses in ... harvesting train , led from the entrance of one nest to that of another lower down the slope , and fifteen feet distant ; but ...
... ants on account of their numerical superiority . Forel one day poured the contents of ten nests of pratenses in ... harvesting train , led from the entrance of one nest to that of another lower down the slope , and fifteen feet distant ; but ...
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... ants ' nests , and each species of ' pet ' is peculiar to certain species of ants . Thus Moggridge found a large number of a minute shining brown beetle moving about among the seeds ' in the nests of the harvesting ant of the south of ...
... ants ' nests , and each species of ' pet ' is peculiar to certain species of ants . Thus Moggridge found a large number of a minute shining brown beetle moving about among the seeds ' in the nests of the harvesting ant of the south of ...
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... ants . ' Sir John Lubbock also , and other observers whom we need not wait to cite , mention similar facts . The Rev ... harvesting ant of Texas : - 6 The observation upon the ants now before me began at 8 o'clock ; at 11 P.M. the ...
... ants . ' Sir John Lubbock also , and other observers whom we need not wait to cite , mention similar facts . The Rev ... harvesting ant of Texas : - 6 The observation upon the ants now before me began at 8 o'clock ; at 11 P.M. the ...
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... ants from sleep . The above description applies to the general habit of somnolence as observed upon the two named species of harvest- ing ants for nearly four months . I have often applied the quill , and even the point of a lead pencil ...
... ants from sleep . The above description applies to the general habit of somnolence as observed upon the two named species of harvest- ing ants for nearly four months . I have often applied the quill , and even the point of a lead pencil ...
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Página 138 - A nest was made near one of our tramways, and to get to the trees the ants had to cross the rails, over which the waggons were continually passing and repassing. Every time they came along a number of ants were crushed to death. They persevered in crossing for some time, but at last set to work and tunnelled underneath each rail. One day, when the waggons were not running, I stopped up the tunnels with stones ; but although great numbers carrying leaves were thus cut off from the nest, they would...
Página 27 - Lonsdale, informs me that he placed a pair of landsnails (Helix pomatia), one of which was weakly, in a small and illprovided garden. After a short time the strong and healthy individual disappeared, and was traced by its track of slime over a wall into an adjoining well-stocked garden. Mr. Lonsdale concluded that it had deserted its sickly mate; but after an absence...
Página 300 - ... its load with a jerk, and quite disengaged it from the nest. It remained in this situation a short time, feeling about with the extremities of its wings, as if to be convinced whether the business was properly executed, and then dropped into the nest again.