Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 467
OFF LEAVES OF THE COTTONWOOD. as long as my little finger nail. Each leaf washeld in the mandibles of an ant in such a way asto conceal the body of the insect, and the antswere coming down the tree. The discovery cameupon me with a shock. I had stumbled on a nestof umbrella-ants. Books had told me… … THE HEAD OF A LEAF-CUTTING ANT. To show the sharp, saw-like jaws. (Redrawn from Tenants of an Old Farm.) shading themselves where there was no sun, andcompletely hidden by their covering of green. Charmed at the sight, I turned back to call mycompanions, who were fishing in the river. igoS.] NATURE…
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