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their greeted Proportions, and are ready for a- 
nother Change; hut the Neutral Worms are to 
be feen ’till the latter End of June , or later. 
This long Continuance of Ants in the Vermi¬ 
cular State is a Curiofity perhaps hardly to be met 
with in any other Clafs of Infers. Some few of 
the ^Maggot and Palmer-kind remain fo for a 
Period of Half a Year, But the ufual Duration 
of moft is a great deal {barter. On the contrary 
the Female Ant Worms continue in that Form 
above aYear and Quarter. The Workers or Neu¬ 
tral, a Twelve-Month 3 the Males fomewhat 
more. By this means a Colony of Ants, after the 
firft Seafon, is furnifhed all the Year round with 
Variety of Worms, which probably ferve as a 
conftant Supply, of Provifions for a Number of 
Animals that delight in this Food. At the fame 
Time their (low Progrefs is fo happily contrived, 
that the Workers have never too much or too 
little Employment. 
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The Vermicles of the feveral Species of Ants 
feem only to vary in refpeft of Proportion, and 
Degrees of Roughnefs. The Hill Ant-Worms are 
the largeft. Next to them the Jet and red Ants. 
The yellow and fmall Black Colonies are nearly 
equal o 
