. The biology of insects. Insects -- Biology. Fig. 61.—South African "Driver" Ants, a, Dory lus fulviis, male, X 3 ; 6, Z). fimbriatiis, female (queen after casting wings), X 3 ; c, , worker, X 2. After G. Arnold (Amu S. Afr. Mus. xiv, 1916). swung in the wind, the lowest ant tried to lay hold of the leaf with feet or jaws without success, whereupon a large worker climbed up on the leaf from below and " fixing hind- legs with the apex of the abdomen firmly to the leaf," reached upwards with her front legs and opening wide her jaws, seized the lowest comrade on the c
. The biology of insects. Insects -- Biology. Fig. 61.—South African "Driver" Ants, a, Dory lus fulviis, male, X 3 ; 6, Z). fimbriatiis, female (queen after casting wings), X 3 ; c, , worker, X 2. After G. Arnold (Amu S. Afr. Mus. xiv, 1916). swung in the wind, the lowest ant tried to lay hold of the leaf with feet or jaws without success, whereupon a large worker climbed up on the leaf from below and " fixing hind- legs with the apex of the abdomen firmly to the leaf," reached upwards with her front legs and opening wide her jaws, seized the lowest comrade on the chain, '' and thus completed the most curious ladder in the ; While the large workers or " soldiers " attack, seize, and bite up the prey, the small members v^dth short mandibles carry the grubs and pupae when on migration. The nests of these driver ants are to a considerable extent temporary. Wheeler. 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 Carpenter, George H. (George Herbert), 1865-1939. New York, The Macmillan Company
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