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Page 378
some ant that might chance to fall from the edges of the nests above . ... In order to meet the desire of the ants for darkness , each nest was covered up by an opaque screen , excepting when its inmates were under observation .
some ant that might chance to fall from the edges of the nests above . ... In order to meet the desire of the ants for darkness , each nest was covered up by an opaque screen , excepting when its inmates were under observation .
Page 388
The pertinacity with which many of the most bellicose ants cling to an enemy , when they have once closed their mandibles , is very remark- able . If an ant be merely touched with a bristle , it at once seizes it in its mandibles .
The pertinacity with which many of the most bellicose ants cling to an enemy , when they have once closed their mandibles , is very remark- able . If an ant be merely touched with a bristle , it at once seizes it in its mandibles .
Page 395
The antennæ were at once drawn quite back . essence of lavender produced with other ants precisely the same effect . Some of the earlier observers conceived that the antennæ were also sensitive to sound . But , after the most elaborate ...
The antennæ were at once drawn quite back . essence of lavender produced with other ants precisely the same effect . Some of the earlier observers conceived that the antennæ were also sensitive to sound . But , after the most elaborate ...
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