INSKCT INTRUDERS. 



up to an aphis from 

 behind and with his 

 feelers drums on the 

 back of the insect, thus 

 causing some sugary 

 liquid to rise up and 

 overflow from the little 

 tubes. This he then 

 proceeds to suck up and 

 repeats the operation 

 until he is either satis- 

 fied or the aphis runs 

 dry for the moment, 

 when he seeks out 

 another. 



The process you will 

 perceive is very much 

 like our own method 

 of milking the cow. 

 And indeed some com- 

 munities of ants keep certain species of 

 these blights in their nests, feeding them 

 and milking them after the manner we 

 keep and make use of cows and goats. 

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