Of ANTS. 
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Of the Change of the Eggs to Vermicles , or 
little Worms . A Defcription of them , /Mr 
Procefsy and furprizing Continuance in that 
State. 
W HEN the Queen has furniftied an Apart¬ 
ment, the common Ants immediately ex¬ 
ert their Affe£lion. They brood over the Eggs 
in little Clutters, perhaps by way of Incubation , 
and remove them to different Parts of the Colony 
for the better Advantage of Moifture, and a juft 
Degree of Heat or Cold, The Continuance of 
Ants in the Egg State is fomewhat precarious* 
As the Female Eggs are larger, and both the 
Male and Female laid in the colder Months, they 
do not come to Life fo foon as the others, which 
are depofited in July or Augufl , and forwarded by 
the warmer Seafon of the Year* 
After the Ant-Eggs have remained in that State, 
cherilhed fome Time by the Workers, % they be- 
% Ant-Vermicles feem to difengage themfelves from 
the feveral Membranes that inclofe the Eggs, in the 
fame Manner as Silk Worms do. 
