Outlines of entomology . ectartubes when caressed by the ants antennte. Indeed, all these nectar- 44 OUTLINES OF ENTOMOLOGY. yielding aphids are great favorites with the ants, which take variousmeasures for their protection, even when they cannot transport themto their nests. The great majority of our ants belong in the genus Formica. Thesehave no sting, but will sometimes bite severely if they have access tothe tender skin. They have but one node between the pedicel and ab-domen. Oar largest species is Formicapennsylvanica,iv^hich is black, and three-fifthsof au inch long. It is a wood-borer
Outlines of entomology . ectartubes when caressed by the ants antennte. Indeed, all these nectar- 44 OUTLINES OF ENTOMOLOGY. yielding aphids are great favorites with the ants, which take variousmeasures for their protection, even when they cannot transport themto their nests. The great majority of our ants belong in the genus Formica. Thesehave no sting, but will sometimes bite severely if they have access tothe tender skin. They have but one node between the pedicel and ab-domen. Oar largest species is Formicapennsylvanica,iv^hich is black, and three-fifthsof au inch long. It is a wood-borer and mayoften be found in hollow trees and decayingstumps. Formica sanguinea, a medium-sizedred species, is the most common slave,making ant. belonging to the genus Myrmicaare mostly small, bright-colored species,with two nodes or scales between the abdo-men proper and the thorax. One of thespecies, Myrmica molesta, Say, is the smallred ant, often so troublesome to house-Red Ant (Myrmica), greatly enlarged, CHAPTER HYMENOPTERA. Section Teeebrantia. PARASITES AND GALL-FLIES. [Fig. 19.]
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