with the return of cold the ant at once 
hibernates, and does not re-commence his 
activities until the return of the warm 
weather. At times, too, the eggs and 
larvae have by the inexperienced been 
mistaken for seeds or grains of corn, and 
wrong conclusions have been arrived at. 
The white ants or termites, about which 
much has been told by writers and travellers, 
resemble the true ants in that they live 
a community life, but differ from the true 
ant in that the young do not go through 
the complete change which the immature 
hymenopterae experience. The young 
termites, in their larval and pupal state, 
resemble the parent insect. These termites, 
while found in most tropical countries of 
the world, are found in greater numbers 
in South America. 
