... of ants, others the legs and dissected bodies of various insects. I was surprised to see in this living nest tubular passages leading down to the centre of the mass, kept open just as if it had been formed of inorganic materials. Down these holes... The Cambridge Natural History - Page 176edited by - 1899Full view - About this book
| George John Romanes - 1884 - 552 pages
...hundreds of thousands of individuals, although many columns were outside, some bringing in the pupa; of ants, others the legs and dissected bodies of various...cluster, and brought out clinging to it many ants holding larvse and pupse, which probably were kept warm by the crowding together of the ants. Besides the common... | |
| Thomas Belt - 1888 - 454 pages
...others the legs and dissected bodies of various insects. I was surprised to see in this living nesC tubular passages leading down to the centre of the...cluster, and brought out clinging to it many ants holding larvaa and pupa3, which probably were kept warm by the crowding together of the ants. Besides the common... | |
| George John Romanes - 1890 - 552 pages
...their temporary habitations in hollow trees, and sometimes underneath large fallen trucks that oifer suitable hollows. A nest that I came across in the...holes the ants who were bringing in booty passed with then- prey. I thrust a long stick down to the centre of the cluster, and brought out clinging to it... | |
| 1900 - 468 pages
...various insects. I was surprised to see in this living nest tubular passages leading down to the center of the mass kept open just as if it had been formed...with their prey. I thrust a long stick down to the center of the cluster, and brought out clinging to it many ants holding larvae and pupa;, which probably... | |
| 1900 - 1016 pages
...various insects. I was surprised to see in this living nest tubular passages leading down to the center of the mass kept open just as if it had been formed...with their prey. I thrust a long stick down to the center of the cluster, and brought out clinging to it many ants holding larvae and pupae, which probably... | |
| William Morton Wheeler - 1910 - 696 pages
...of insects. I was surprised to see in this living nest tubular passages leading down to the center of the mass, kept open just as if it had been formed of inorganic material Down these holes the ants who were bringing in booty passed with their prey. I thrust a long... | |
| Maud Doria Haviland - 1926 - 262 pages
...columns were outside, some bringing in pupae of ants, others the legs and dissected bodies of other insects. I was surprised to see in this living nest...just as if it had been formed of inorganic materials. These observations have been confirmed by others. The larvae and pupae and the queen are kept in the... | |
| Thomas Belt - 1985 - 460 pages
...hundreds of thousands of individuals, although many columns were outside, some bringing in the pupas of ants, others the legs and dissected bodies of various...cluster, and brought out clinging to it many ants holding larvœ and pupas, which probably were kept warm by the crowding together of the ants. Besides the common... | |
| Maud D. Haviland - 1926 - 258 pages
...columns were outside, some bringing in pupae of ants, others the legs and dissected bodies of other insects. I was surprised to see in this living nest...just as if it had been formed of inorganic materials. These observations have been confirmed by others. The larvae and pupae and the queen are kept in the... | |
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