. Insects, their ways and means of living. Insects. INSECTS wherever the food supply attracts it, recognizing no ties or responsibilities to others of its species and contending with its fellows, often in deadly combat, for whatever ad vantage it can Fig. 76. Termite work in a piece of wood. Tunnels following the grain are made by species of Reticulilermes, the com- mon underground termites of the eastern United States A few animals are communistic or social in their mode of life; notably so are man and certain insects. The best-known exam- ples of social insects are the ants and some of
. Insects, their ways and means of living. Insects. INSECTS wherever the food supply attracts it, recognizing no ties or responsibilities to others of its species and contending with its fellows, often in deadly combat, for whatever ad vantage it can Fig. 76. Termite work in a piece of wood. Tunnels following the grain are made by species of Reticulilermes, the com- mon underground termites of the eastern United States A few animals are communistic or social in their mode of life; notably so are man and certain insects. The best-known exam- ples of social insects are the ants and some of the bees and wasps. The termites, however, con- stitute another group of social insects ot no less interest than the ants and bees, but whose hab- its have not been so long observed. More familiarly to some people, termites are known as "white ; But since they are not ants, nor always white or even pale in color, we should discard this mis- leading and unjustifiable appellation and learn to know the termites by the name under which thev are universally known to entomologists. Jf you split open an old board that has been lying almost anywhere on the ground for some time, or if, when out in the woods, you cut into [128]. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Snodgrass, R. E. (Robert E. ), 1875-1962. New York Smithsonian Institution series
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