. Insects, their ways and means of living. Insects. TERMITES himself in his bereavement, by the adoption of a whole harem of young short-winged females. But if he too should be lost, then the workers give the succession to one or more pairs of the second- or third-caste repro- ductive forms, to whom they grant the royal prerogatives. The progeny of any of the fertile castes will include the caste of the parents and all castes below them. In other words, only winged forms can produce the whole series of castes; short-winged parents can not produce long-winged offspring; and wingless parents can


. Insects, their ways and means of living. Insects. TERMITES himself in his bereavement, by the adoption of a whole harem of young short-winged females. But if he too should be lost, then the workers give the succession to one or more pairs of the second- or third-caste repro- ductive forms, to whom they grant the royal prerogatives. The progeny of any of the fertile castes will include the caste of the parents and all castes below them. In other words, only winged forms can produce the whole series of castes; short-winged parents can not produce long-winged offspring; and wingless parents can not produce winged. 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 Snodgrass, R. E. (Robert E. ), 1875-1962. New York Smithsonian Institution series


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