. The brook book; a first acquaintance with the brook and its inhabitants through the changing year. Natural history. 154 THE BROOK BOOK ant which builds a shed for the protection of its herds. Finding a well-estabHshed family of aphids on a convenient shrub, these ants turn to and construct a mud-walled shed inclosing as many as possible. Thus protected from their enemies, the aphids live comfortably. I doubt if either aphis- lions or young lady-bugs know enough about cow- sheds to search for them, and the chances are strongly against their happening on the small doorway of these rare and inn
. The brook book; a first acquaintance with the brook and its inhabitants through the changing year. Natural history. 154 THE BROOK BOOK ant which builds a shed for the protection of its herds. Finding a well-estabHshed family of aphids on a convenient shrub, these ants turn to and construct a mud-walled shed inclosing as many as possible. Thus protected from their enemies, the aphids live comfortably. I doubt if either aphis- lions or young lady-bugs know enough about cow- sheds to search for them, and the chances are strongly against their happening on the small doorway of these rare and innocent-looking mud houses. As older generations of aphids pass away, their numerous progeny take their places and the supply of honey-dew is constant. I never see a certain specimen in the university museum, of which the illustration on this page is a careful copy, without a thrill of pride. Not that I was so wise as to know where to look for such a treasure, but that fortune smiled on me one day and directed my eye to the particular plant that bore the first "ants' cow-shed" which had ever been discovered in that locality. The field class in entomology had just turned about and faced homeward after a successful day collecting on the banks of the "Little ; We came finally to the high bluff up which we must climb to get out of the gorge and into the road. No one had thought of ants or aphids since up in the beech woods we. AN ants' "cow-shed". 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 Miller, Mary Farrand (Rogers), Mrs. , 1868-. New York, Doubleday, Page & Company
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