ii CONTENTS 



Page 



Acrobats. (Illustrated) 66 



Disagreement. (Illustrated) 68 



Ants on earth a long time 71 



Age of eggs, larvae, pupae, workers, queens 71 



Kinds of ants. Argentine ants 72 



Population. Eesidence. How long live in same house 74 



CHAPTER V. 



Harvesting. Trails. Lost. Use of six legs 77 



Teasing ants 83 



Helping. Rescuing 84 



Bees and ants compared 87 



Men and ants compared 89 



Longlegs. (Illustration) 89 



CHAPTER VI. 



Carrying. Trails. Loads. (Illustrated) 93 



Fighting. Ammunition 102 



Heat and cold 106 



CHAPTER VII. 



Food. (Illustrated) 108 



Certain ants for certain work 120 



Ant lions 121 



Blood of ants 122 



Ant has no special friends 123 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Evening visit to nest. (Illustrated) 124 



Eggs. Babies. Pupae 129 



Queens 130 



CHAPTER IX. 



Kings. (Illustrated) 137 



Government 140 



Horned toads. (Illustrated) 143 



Harvester colony moves 150 



Our Harvesters move. (Illustrated) 151 



CHAPTER X. 



New home. Why ants move 158 



Ants ' nests 159 



Sun parlors. (Illustrated) 161 



Garden ants. (Illustrated) 164 



The Fire Ant 171 



Dwarfs. Sizes of ants. (Illustrated) 172 



CHAPTER XI. 



Robbers make first attack 174 



Yard of our ants 180 



