INSECT INTRUDERS. 



sweets are concerned! Any other arti- 

 cles of food such as old chicken bones, 

 pieces of bread or toast, potato peel, old 

 _ >^ bits of dried skin, 



dead or incapacit- 

 ated caterpillars 

 and other insects, 

 etc., etc., they 

 carry off to the nest for the food of 

 the community at large. These nests 

 are made in cracks and holes in walls 

 and floors, in cracks and holes in the 

 beams and rafters or posts and lintels of 

 the bungalow, and it is from such places 

 that the hordes issue forth on their pre- 

 datory excursions. 



The other large black ant of the 

 bungalow, he with the big head and 

 general fierce ruffianly appearance, also 

 occupies similar quarters. All is grist 

 to his mill, and he has little hesitation 

 about robbing weaker brethren or of 

 helping himself to sugary dainties. He 

 is as common a visitor as the little beggar, 

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