CHAPTER VIII 



WINGED ANTS 



THE Winged Ants, which are the newly 

 hatched insects, appear about the middle 

 of July. The time at which they appear, 

 however, varies very much. They appear 

 in swarms, arid when one of these swarms 

 gets near or on the water, the fish feed 

 greedily upon them. They have four 

 wings, the anterior pair being somewhat 

 longer than the body. These wings, when 

 at rest, do not fold neatly over each other, 

 and as the insect is clumsy in its flight, 

 even a slight breeze is sufficient to drive 

 many of them out to the water. 



The Ant I have seen most frequently 

 on the water is a large Red Ant, but 

 smaller Red Ants and winged Black Ants 

 are also frequently seen. The position of 

 the wings in relation to the body .easiest 



