Ants, Bees, and Wasps: A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social HymenopteraAppleton, 1913 - 448 pagini |
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Pagina 33
... remained about six weeks in the egg , a month in the state of larvæ , and twenty - five to twenty - seven days as pupæ . Since , however , cases are on record in which com munities are known to have existed for many years , it seems ...
... remained about six weeks in the egg , a month in the state of larvæ , and twenty - five to twenty - seven days as pupæ . Since , however , cases are on record in which com munities are known to have existed for many years , it seems ...
Pagina 66
... remained per- fectly still , allowing the ants to run over it . This they did , but seem to have been quite deceived by its appearance and immobility , apparently taking it for a leaf . In other cases , insects mimic ants , and thus ...
... remained per- fectly still , allowing the ants to run over it . This they did , but seem to have been quite deceived by its appearance and immobility , apparently taking it for a leaf . In other cases , insects mimic ants , and thus ...
Pagina 72
... remained stationary on the daisy . Moreover , whether they had sprung from the black eggs or not , the ants evidently valued them , for they built up a wall of earth round and over them . So things remained throughout the summer ; but ...
... remained stationary on the daisy . Moreover , whether they had sprung from the black eggs or not , the ants evidently valued them , for they built up a wall of earth round and over them . So things remained throughout the summer ; but ...
Pagina 81
... remained unbroken , notwithstanding the ob- stacles they had to surmount . At length they ap- proached a nest , inhabited by dark ash - coloured ants , the dome of which rose above the grass , at a distance of twenty feet from the hedge ...
... remained unbroken , notwithstanding the ob- stacles they had to surmount . At length they ap- proached a nest , inhabited by dark ash - coloured ants , the dome of which rose above the grass , at a distance of twenty feet from the hedge ...
Pagina 96
... remained there till 9 , when she came out . She remained out all day ; and the following morning I found her dead . Indeed , I have often been surprised that in certain cases ants render one another so little assistance . The tenacity ...
... remained there till 9 , when she came out . She remained out all day ; and the following morning I found her dead . Indeed , I have often been surprised that in certain cases ants render one another so little assistance . The tenacity ...
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Termeni și expresii frecvente
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Pagina 79 - On the 17th of June, 1804, whilst walking in the environs of Geneva, between four and five in the evening, I observed close at my feet, traversing the road, a legion of rufescent ants. They moved in a body with considerable rapidity, and occupied a space of from eight to ten inches in length by three or four in breadth. In a few minutes they quitted the road, passed a thick hedge, and entered a pasture ground where I followed them.