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... grass and fallen leaves on the edge of a native path , poised erect , and preparing for their attack on man and horse . On descrying their prey they ad- vance rapidly by semicircular strides , fixing one end firmly and arching the other ...
... grass and fallen leaves on the edge of a native path , poised erect , and preparing for their attack on man and horse . On descrying their prey they ad- vance rapidly by semicircular strides , fixing one end firmly and arching the other ...
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... grass , & c .; they wandered uneasily about , and eventually died . Moreover , they did not in any way resemble the subterranean species . In 1878 I again attempted to rear these young aphides ; but though I hatched a great many eggs ...
... grass , & c .; they wandered uneasily about , and eventually died . Moreover , they did not in any way resemble the subterranean species . In 1878 I again attempted to rear these young aphides ; but though I hatched a great many eggs ...
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... grass plot , and offered the only situation for an aphides colony for the countless ants there present . I had destroyed this colony ; but the ants replanted it by bringing new colonists from distant branches , and setting them on the ...
... grass plot , and offered the only situation for an aphides colony for the countless ants there present . I had destroyed this colony ; but the ants replanted it by bringing new colonists from distant branches , and setting them on the ...
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... grasses and other plants , and must therefore have been long neglected by the ants . Strangely enough , not one of the seeds in this deserted granary showed traces of germination . No doubt some very pressing need is the cause of these ...
... grasses and other plants , and must therefore have been long neglected by the ants . Strangely enough , not one of the seeds in this deserted granary showed traces of germination . No doubt some very pressing need is the cause of these ...
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... grass in the centre of the box was presently covered with them . They climbed to the very top of the spires , turned round and round , hanging by their paws , not unlike gymnasts performing upon a turning - bar . They hung or clung in ...
... grass in the centre of the box was presently covered with them . They climbed to the very top of the spires , turned round and round , hanging by their paws , not unlike gymnasts performing upon a turning - bar . They hung or clung in ...
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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...
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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.