. Nature study and life. Nature study. MISCELLANEOUS ANIMALS 415 Ants. — No insects, excepting the honeybees, have proved more interesting to study than the ants. Turn over a flat stone any time after the middle of May and you are almost certain to find a colony of ants. As the stone is lifted, if the day be warm, you will see little piles of whitish oblong bodies, — the pupae, — commonly called. Fig. 167. Cow Elk The lumps in the skin are caused b}- botflies. (Copyright by Charles Irving Rice) eggs ; and immediately the w^orkers seize them and hasten to carry them down into the nest. Besides
. Nature study and life. Nature study. MISCELLANEOUS ANIMALS 415 Ants. — No insects, excepting the honeybees, have proved more interesting to study than the ants. Turn over a flat stone any time after the middle of May and you are almost certain to find a colony of ants. As the stone is lifted, if the day be warm, you will see little piles of whitish oblong bodies, — the pupae, — commonly called. Fig. 167. Cow Elk The lumps in the skin are caused b}- botflies. (Copyright by Charles Irving Rice) eggs ; and immediately the w^orkers seize them and hasten to carry them down into the nest. Besides these you may often find smaller masses of shining black eggs. These, probably eggs of plant lice, the workers also carry into. 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 Hodge, Clifton Fremont, 1859-. Boston and London, Ginn & Co.
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