. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. mi m Uiv. 500 Tin-: TOWEK-nUILDING WA8P. As soon ns thoy gain sufficient strcnptli, tlioy fly npAvnrd into the air, whore thoy spok their iiuitos and soon descend to earth, 'riieniides, haviiij^niow nothing,' to do, speedily die as tliey ou^dit, Inil tlie females l)e<,dn to make provision for their future households. Tlicir first proceediuf,' is a startiinj;' one, l)ein<41''*' rejeetion of tlie wini,'s \vhi(di had so latrly borne them t
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. mi m Uiv. 500 Tin-: TOWEK-nUILDING WA8P. As soon ns thoy gain sufficient strcnptli, tlioy fly npAvnrd into the air, whore thoy spok their iiuitos and soon descend to earth, 'riieniides, haviiij^niow nothing,' to do, speedily die as tliey ou^dit, Inil tlie females l)e<,dn to make provision for their future households. Tlicir first proceediuf,' is a startiinj;' one, l)ein<41''*' rejeetion of tlie wini,'s \vhi(di had so latrly borne them through the air. This olijeet is achieve(l l)y pressing,'the ends of tlu; wino's ngaiust the i^roiuid, and then furcin;,' them suddenly downwards. The win},' tlien snaps otf at the joint, and the creatiu'C thus reduced to thcs wingless state of a worker, is seized u|ii,n and conveyed to a suitable spot, where slie begins to supply u vast (|uantity of e,'"s These are carefully eiuiveyed away ami nurtured until they burst forth info'the tliTcu states of male, t'eiuah;, and neuter, the precise method by which the development is arrested so as to produce the neuter condition not being very accurately known. The remaining three figures on the illustration represent dillerent species of Ants, the two larger .species being natives of Ih'azil. In the tiopics, the Ants are alternately curses and blessings to the inhabitants. Tliey are terribly destructive, they eat everything setter than stone or metal, they swarm in houses, on the plains, and in woods, and occasiouully they march in vast arnnes, taking a line as direct as the old Koman roads, and not to hu stopped by any less ol)stacle than a river. They pass through houses, and at tiicir apjiroach all the human iidiabitants vacate the premises, none daring to so redoubtable a foe. In this case, however, the visits of the Ants are greatly beneficial, for in a very short time the column will have pasr,ed fairly through the h
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