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We may be certain that at the latter End of Aprils 
there are few or none of the Male or Female 
Worms transformed to Nymphs; and not many 
of thefe Aurelia’s to be met with towards Augufl . 
But the Neutral fometimes continue to the Begin-* 
ing or middle of September . 
The Workers, or Common Ants, are not infen* 
fible of this Change the Vermicles are to undergo? 
nor do they forfake them in this Period, or any 
ways difcontinue their Employment. On the 
contrary, they feem to know the Moment of their 
Tranfmutation, and do attend them all the while 
with the utmoft Care and Vigilance. They 
carry them to various Parts of the Colony, and in 
all other Refpedts, excepting Food, fhew the fame 
Tendernefs towards them, as when they appeared 
in the Character of Worms. 
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If you give any Difturbance to a Colony, and 
difplace the Nymphs, the Workers will immedi¬ 
ately feek their Protection, and transfer them to a 
more fecure Situation. If, to try the Extent of 
their Sagacity, you put Aurelia’s of different 
Species in one Settlement, the Ants will foon dif- 
cover the Impofition, and feparate their own. But 
if the Nymphs be of the fame Species, they will 
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