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Life among the ants

Chapter 12: Transcriber’s note
By Vance Randolph
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A concise natural history that surveys ant anatomy, life cycle, and colony organization, then examines major behavioral types and ecological roles. It describes bodily structures and internal systems, explains reproduction and metamorphosis, and outlines how specialized groups harvest seeds, cultivate fungus, store honeylike secretions, and wage nomadic or raiding campaigns. Chapters treat slave-making species, matriarchal and worker castes, and mutualisms such as dairies and inquilines. The text combines observational description with accessible explanation of habits, nest life, and interspecies interactions, illustrated with drawings and pointers to further reading for the curious lay reader.

Transcriber’s note

Minor punctuation errors have been changed without notice. Italization was standardized.

In this version, the illustrations are placed differently on the page than in the original. This was done to keep them on the same page as the original. The illustration on page 41 was placed upside down in the orignal; it has been corrected here.

Spelling was retained as in the original except for the following changes:

Page 7: “female during copulalation” “female during copulation”
Page 17: “the arangement of larvae” “the arrangement of larvae”
Page 18: “the ant’s tevelopment” “the ant’s development”
Page 29: “habits of the Attiine” “habits of the Attine”
Page 29: “besides the Attiien ants” “besides the Attine ants”
Page 44: “itself every reason to” “itself every season to”
Page 50: “of several sanquinea” “of several sanguinea”
Page 51: “the sanquinea queen” “the sanguinea queen”
Page 55: “is known as honey dew” “is known as honeydew”
Page 55: “honey dew, and some species” “honeydew, and some species”