. Nature study and life. Nature study. MISCELLANEOUS ANIMALS 417 in diameter. Tlie lieacl and tliorax are dull red, and the abdomen and legs black. The slave-maker ant, Formica dijficilis, resembles the above in size and appearance, but builds its nests almost wholly underground, often beneath large flat stones. The slave ant, Formica subscricca, is found in colonies of its own under stones and commonly, also, as slaves in the nests of the last-named Fig. 16S. Elk killed by Grubs in the Head (Photograph by Charles Irving Rice) The corn-louse ant, Lasius briinneiis, is the brown ant,
. Nature study and life. Nature study. MISCELLANEOUS ANIMALS 417 in diameter. Tlie lieacl and tliorax are dull red, and the abdomen and legs black. The slave-maker ant, Formica dijficilis, resembles the above in size and appearance, but builds its nests almost wholly underground, often beneath large flat stones. The slave ant, Formica subscricca, is found in colonies of its own under stones and commonly, also, as slaves in the nests of the last-named Fig. 16S. Elk killed by Grubs in the Head (Photograph by Charles Irving Rice) The corn-louse ant, Lasius briinneiis, is the brown ant, about one-eighth of an inch in length, so common about roads and pastures. Many, if not all, ants attend aphids, in order to obtain the sweet secretion, commonly known. 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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