. Ants; their structure, development and behavior. the form of anarrow zone around the base of the huge mound nests (Fig. 181)and gradually grows upward till it completely envelopes their summitswith a dense mat and either smothers the colony outright or compelsit to emigrate (Fig. 182). CHAPTER XVIII. THE FUNGUS-GROWING ANTS. Quoique dans 1immense serie des etres, la fourmi ne soit quun point quisans sa mobilite echapperoit presque a nos regards, il nen est pas moins vraique cot atome anime est digne detre 1objet de nos meditations. Cest ici quilconviont de dire que 1Auteur de la nature nest
. Ants; their structure, development and behavior. the form of anarrow zone around the base of the huge mound nests (Fig. 181)and gradually grows upward till it completely envelopes their summitswith a dense mat and either smothers the colony outright or compelsit to emigrate (Fig. 182). CHAPTER XVIII. THE FUNGUS-GROWING ANTS. Quoique dans 1immense serie des etres, la fourmi ne soit quun point quisans sa mobilite echapperoit presque a nos regards, il nen est pas moins vraique cot atome anime est digne detre 1objet de nos meditations. Cest ici quilconviont de dire que 1Auteur de la nature nest jamais plus lui-meme que dansce quil y a de plus petit.—Latreille, Histoire Naturelle des Fourmis, 1802. Although our examination, in the last chapter, of the relationsbetween ants and vascular plants has led us to doubt the existence ofa true symbiosis between these organisms and to interpret their rela-tions as the result of a direct adaptation on the part of the ants, we arecompelled to admit that there is what may be called a true symbiosis.
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