Animal IntelligenceD. Appleton, 1892 - 520 pagini |
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Pagina 24
... leaves , & c . , into their burrows is strongly indicative of instinctive action , if not of intelligent purpose - seeing that they always lay hold of the part of the leaf ( even though an exotic one ) by the traction of which the leaf ...
... leaves , & c . , into their burrows is strongly indicative of instinctive action , if not of intelligent purpose - seeing that they always lay hold of the part of the leaf ( even though an exotic one ) by the traction of which the leaf ...
Pagina 39
... leaf - cutting ant may here be stated . In June 1859 he found his garden invaded by these ants , and following up their paths he found their nest about a hundred yards read another paper before the Linnæan Society , which contains some ...
... leaf - cutting ant may here be stated . In June 1859 he found his garden invaded by these ants , and following up their paths he found their nest about a hundred yards read another paper before the Linnæan Society , which contains some ...
Pagina 62
... leaves , some small aphides , very much resembling those from my nest , though we had not actually traced them ... leaf - stalks of plants . The eggs are laid early in October on the food - plant of the in- sect . They are of no direct ...
... leaves , some small aphides , very much resembling those from my nest , though we had not actually traced them ... leaf - stalks of plants . The eggs are laid early in October on the food - plant of the in- sect . They are of no direct ...
Pagina 63
... leaves and sprouts , and thus completely delayed the development of the tree . As I perceived that the only reason for this was the action of the aphides , ] determined to destroy them utterly . So in the March of the following year I ...
... leaves and sprouts , and thus completely delayed the development of the tree . As I perceived that the only reason for this was the action of the aphides , ] determined to destroy them utterly . So in the March of the following year I ...
Pagina 68
... leaf - bugs are used as slaves by the ants in the Brazilian forests . When these ants want to bring home the leaves which they have bitten off the trees , they do it by means of a column of these bugs , which go in pairs , kept in order ...
... leaf - bugs are used as slaves by the ants in the Brazilian forests . When these ants want to bring home the leaves which they have bitten off the trees , they do it by means of a column of these bugs , which go in pairs , kept in order ...
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Pagina 140 - ... the wonderfully diversified instincts, mental powers, and affections of ants are notorious, yet their cerebral ganglia are not so large as the quarter of a small pin's head. Under this point of view, the brain of an ant is one of the most marvellous atoms of matter in the world, perhaps more so than the brain of a man.
Pagina 360 - ... repast. I had not long habituated him to this taste of liberty, before he began to be impatient for the return of the time when he might enjoy it. He would invite me to the garden by drumming upon my knee, and by a look of such expression, as it was not possible to misinterpret. If this rhetoric did not immediately succeed, he would take the skirt of my coat between his teeth, and pull it with all his force.
Pagina i - Heredity." $1.50. 42. ANTS, BEES, AND WASPS. A Record of Observations of the Habits of the Social Hymenoptera. By Sir JOHN LUBBOCK, Bart., FRS, DCL, LL.
Pagina 171 - Maclaurin, by a fluxionary calculation, which is to be found in the Transactions of the Royal Society of London. He has determined precisely the angle required ; and he found, by the most exact mensuration the subject could admit, that it is the very angle in which the three planes in the bottom of the cell of a honeycomb do actually meet.