A Book of Natural History

Huxley, Darwin, Wallace, Burroughs and Maeterlinck, writing for young readers — thirty-odd essays by the great naturalists on everything from the man-like apes to what worms do.

What I Saw in an Ant's Nest

7 pages in this part of A Book of Natural History.

What I Saw in an Ant's Nest

MONGST those spectacles and incidents in human existence which remain fixed on the memory of the spectator from their sad or unwonted…

What I Saw in an Ant's Nest: Bates

The workers appear to perform a never-ending round What I Saw in an Ant's Nest of duties. They build the nests, make the roads, attend to…

What I Saw in an Ant's Nest: Formica

In a single ant's nest a b more than one female FIG. 3. RED, OR HORSE-ANT (Formica may be found, the ants rufa). a, male; b, female…

What I Saw in an Ant's Nest: Darwin

That the relation between the ants and plant-lice are of very stable kind is proved by the interesting remarks of Mr. Darwin, who "removed…

What I Saw in an Ant's Nest: Polyergus

Pierre Huber, son of the famous entomologist, was the first to describe the slave-making instincts in a species (Polyergus rufescens) noted…

What I Saw in an Ant's Nest: Sanguineas

Mr. Darwin gives an interesting account of the different attitudes exhibited by the Sanguineas toward species of ants other than the black…

What I Saw in an Ant's Nest: Carpenter

Let Dr. Carpenter speak as an authority on such a subject. "The whole nervous system of invertebrated animals, then, may be regarded as…

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