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Neuters About Their Work.

It was on an occasion while exploring a neighboring thicket for the objects of his search, that he discovered, underneath a large flat stone which he had raised, a nest of a small red ant, which he took to be the Lasius flavus of the books. The ground was covered all over with pits, and divers communicating roads, and round about were hundreds of ants, larvæ in various stages of development, pupæ and eggs, and innumerous flocks of a white aphis, all of which were being tenderly cared for by a large army of thoughtful nurses.

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Intelligence in Plants and Animals
Thomas George Gentry
Published 1900
Available from gutenberg.org

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Saturday 20 February 2021

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Baby Animals, Insects

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