Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 53
the dread of these Driver ants amongthe human inhabitants, that, as their armies ap-proach, whole villages are deserted. But in South America is found a species calledthe Ecitons, or Foraging ants, which the people ofthose countries hail as deliverers. For the housesare overrun with venomous little… … CLEANING HOUSE. less varieties, and many of them are of such fiercecharacter and strong instincts that they are a scourgeto the human population of the countries theyinhabit. Among these species is the Driver ant, ofWestern Africa. They are called Drivers because of smaller insect and vermin which…
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