66 ANTS AND CHILDREN OF THE GARDEN 



used to put on wounds made by the acid from an ant's own 

 factory or from those of other insects. 



The Acrobat. 



ALBERT. What kind of an ant is this? See it double 

 its abdomen over its back. Barnum and Bailey's circus 

 ought to have it. 



ANT. It is called the Acrobat ant ("Crematogaster 

 lineolata." Say "subsp. coarctata" Emery). Plenty of 

 them around here. The Fire ant lives in California, too, 

 and some of the kind that can raise mushrooms to eat. 



KENNETH. Who knows something about the Acrobats? 



WOEKEE ACEOBAT ANT. 

 (Cremastogaster lineolata.) 



Notice the shape of the abdomen, which is often held up over the 



thorax. 



CECIL. They are rather shiny and rather common. 

 Their former home was in Asia only. They generally have 

 small colonies, are rather sluggish, and are seldom seen in 

 the house of man. 



