CONTENTS 



CHAP. PAGB 



I. The Royal Mother of Ants 3 



II. Ant Queens and the Foundation of Formicaries 16 



III. Insect Herds and Herders 40 



IV. The Daintiness of Ants — Toilet Habits ... 53 



V. Kidnapping Ants and their Slaves 68 



VI. Agricultural Ants 82 



VII. Honey Ants of the Garden-of-the-gods ... 96 



VIII. A Guild op Carpenter Ants 112 



IX. Ant-Lions 129 



X. Hunting Wild Bees 143 



XI. Burrowing and Carpenter Bees 161 



XII. Aeronautic Spiders 182 



XIII. Tailoring Animals 197 



XIV. The Huntress Wasps 212 



XV. The Strange Cycle op the Cicada 228 



XVI. Orange Argiope 241 



XVII. Water-Striders 259 



XVIII. The Net-Making Caddis Worm 271 



XIX. Insects and Civilization 287 



XX. Beneficial and Injurious Insects 300 



INDEX 313 



