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Some ants are poisonous.

Ant

Some ants are poisonous.

Ants are very fond of a sugary liquid that Plant lice secrete. They will milk the bugs of this liquid.

Ant and Plant Lice

Ants are very fond of a sugary liquid that Plant lice secrete. They will milk the bugs of this liquid.

"Ant guest or parasite (Atemeles) soliciting food from a worker Myrmica." -National Geographic, 1912

Ant Guest

"Ant guest or parasite (Atemeles) soliciting food from a worker Myrmica." -National Geographic, 1912

"Ant-lions diffuse an odor of roses. Their flight, which is weak, distinguishes them from the dragon-fly."

Ant Lion (Myrmeleo Formicarius)

"Ant-lions diffuse an odor of roses. Their flight, which is weak, distinguishes them from the dragon-fly."

This ant belongs to the Mason-Ants which employ a mortar in raising their hillocks at the same time that they hollow out their underground dwellings.

Worker Ash Ant

This ant belongs to the Mason-Ants which employ a mortar in raising their hillocks at the same time…

This ant belongs to the Mason-Ants which employ a mortar in raising their hillocks at the same time that they hollow out their underground dwellings.

Female Ash Black Ant (Formica Nigra)

This ant belongs to the Mason-Ants which employ a mortar in raising their hillocks at the same time…

This ant belongs to the Mason-Ants which employ a mortar in raising their hillocks at the same time that they hollow out their underground dwellings.

Male Ash Black Ant (Formica Nigra)

This ant belongs to the Mason-Ants which employ a mortar in raising their hillocks at the same time…

This ant belongs to the Mason-Ants which employ a mortar in raising their hillocks at the same time that they hollow out their underground dwellings.

Worker Ash Black Ant (Formica Nigra)

This ant belongs to the Mason-Ants which employ a mortar in raising their hillocks at the same time…

Also known as the Parasol Ant. They are called this because of the way they carry leaves above their heads.

Brazilian Umbrella Ant (Atla Cephalotes)

Also known as the Parasol Ant. They are called this because of the way they carry leaves above their…

This ant is "parasitical on solitary bees; their larvae devouring the larvae of the bees."

Mutilla Europaea, Female

This ant is "parasitical on solitary bees; their larvae devouring the larvae of the bees."

This ant is "parasitical on solitary bees; their larvae devouring the larvae of the bees."

Mutilla Europaea, Male

This ant is "parasitical on solitary bees; their larvae devouring the larvae of the bees."

"The <em>Ophions</em> lay their eggs under the skin of caterpillars."

Species of Ophion

"The Ophions lay their eggs under the skin of caterpillars."

"The <em>Philanthus</em> feeds its larvae on bees, having first numbed them by its sting. It belongs to the Fossorial Hymenoptera."

Philanthus Triangulum

"The Philanthus feeds its larvae on bees, having first numbed them by its sting. It belongs…

"It also belongs to the family which manages to place its eggs under the skin of other insects."

Species of Pimpla

"It also belongs to the family which manages to place its eggs under the skin of other insects."

"Its body is transparent, the head and wings can be made out, but no legs. The mouth is a retractible nipple."

Larva of the Red Ant (Myrmica Rubra)

"Its body is transparent, the head and wings can be made out, but no legs. The mouth is a retractible…

"The Red Ant plies, according to circumstances, the trade of a mason or excavator. All these are bustling, hurrying, busy, but always in the greatest order, and with a perfect understanding among themselves."

Male Red Ant (Myrmica Rubra)

"The Red Ant plies, according to circumstances, the trade of a mason or excavator. All these are bustling,…

"When the pupa is born, the workers watch over the newly-born insect; for some days they feed it, help it to walk, and do not abandon it until it can dispense with their services."

Pupa of the Red Ant (Myrmica Rubra)

"When the pupa is born, the workers watch over the newly-born insect; for some days they feed it, help…

"One colony of ants will attach another, and those captured are made slaves. The warlike tribes never carry off any other but the larvae from the ant-hills they plunder."

Russet Ant (Polyergus Rufescens)

"One colony of ants will attach another, and those captured are made slaves. The warlike tribes never…

"Everything indicates that these organs play a very important part in the life of insects."

Antenna of a Species of Asida

"Everything indicates that these organs play a very important part in the life of insects."

"Everything indicates that these organs play a very important part in the life of insects."

Antenna of Zygia Oblonga

"Everything indicates that these organs play a very important part in the life of insects."

"They are the miners of the vegetable world. The thistle often nourishes them."

Anthomyia Pluvialis

"They are the miners of the vegetable world. The thistle often nourishes them."

"A very beautiful species of the ant-lion is to be found in the climate which characterizes the south of France; its larva can move forward, and does not dig itself a funnel."

Antlion

"A very beautiful species of the ant-lion is to be found in the climate which characterizes the south…

An illustration of three ants.

Ants

An illustration of three ants.

An illustration of ants playing croquet with hair pins.

Ants Playing Croquet with Hair Pins

An illustration of ants playing croquet with hair pins.

Eriosoma Lanigera, or the Wooly Apple-Tree Blight. These insects appropriate for their generic name two Greek words, signifying wool and body, the insect being partially enveloped in a cottony or wool-like secretion, furnished from its own body. The eggs are deposited in crotches or cracks of the branches or bark, often at or near the surface of the ground, or on new shoots springing from the parent tree.

Wooly Aphid

Eriosoma Lanigera, or the Wooly Apple-Tree Blight. These insects appropriate for their generic name…

Eriosoma Imbricata. Found very abundantly on birch in Maryland in October. These insects cluster together on the twigs, and have the appearance of many small spots of snow-like wool or down moving up and down by jerks, the hinder parts of the insect being covered with this downy secretion.

Wooly Aphid

Eriosoma Imbricata. Found very abundantly on birch in Maryland in October. These insects cluster together…

"They subsist on the sap of the tree; and are sometimes provided with wings, and are sometimes without."

Winged Aphides, or Plant Lice

"They subsist on the sap of the tree; and are sometimes provided with wings, and are sometimes without."

"They subsist on the sap of the tree; and are sometimes provided with wings, and are sometimes without."

Winged Aphides, or Plant Lice

"They subsist on the sap of the tree; and are sometimes provided with wings, and are sometimes without."

"They subsist on the sap of the tree; and are sometimes provided with wings, and are sometimes without."

Wingless Aphides, or Plant Lice

"They subsist on the sap of the tree; and are sometimes provided with wings, and are sometimes without."

"They subsist on the sap of the tree; and are sometimes provided with wings, and are sometimes without."

Wingless Aphides, or Plant Lice

"They subsist on the sap of the tree; and are sometimes provided with wings, and are sometimes without."

Grain or oat-plant louse, does much injury to grain, and especially to oats, but is also found on wheat, rye, and other cereals.

Aphis Avence

Grain or oat-plant louse, does much injury to grain, and especially to oats, but is also found on wheat,…

Also known as the Cotton-plant louse, is a great nuisance to the planters, especially when the plants are very small, as then they are more liable to succumb to the attacks of these insects, as by sucking out the sap they distort the stems, and in fact frequently kill the plants before they have attained sufficient maturity and strength to withstand their repeated attacks.

Aphis Gossypii

Also known as the Cotton-plant louse, is a great nuisance to the planters, especially when the plants…

This larva is really a six-legged grub.

Larva of the Aphrophora (Aphrophora Spumaria)

This larva is really a six-legged grub.

It consists of a sheet-iron furnace, having the form of a half cylinder, tapered at the end's, in which a fire is built, and this heated furnace, being drawn along the furrow, destroys the worms.

Army-Worm Killer

It consists of a sheet-iron furnace, having the form of a half cylinder, tapered at the end's, in which…

"This species is common over the whole of Europe, and lives at the expense of caterpillars and other insects, of which it sucks the blood with the greatest voracity."

Asilus Crabroniformis

"This species is common over the whole of Europe, and lives at the expense of caterpillars and other…

Scale-insect, was found on imported lemons in Jacksonville, Fla. This insect is said to be allied to <em>Aspidiotus</em> (<em>Coccus</em>) <em>citricola</em> of Boisduval, which has been very injurious to the orange in the maritime Alps in Northern Italy.

Aspidiotus Citricola

Scale-insect, was found on imported lemons in Jacksonville, Fla. This insect is said to be allied to…

"It abounds in dirty houses, principally in towns, and in warm countries. It lives in beds, in woodwork, and paper-hangings."

Bedbug (Acanthia Lectularia)

"It abounds in dirty houses, principally in towns, and in warm countries. It lives in beds, in woodwork,…

Bees form colonies in hives. There are different bees for different tasks.

Bee

Bees form colonies in hives. There are different bees for different tasks.

An insect that makes honey.

Bee

An insect that makes honey.

"Bee seen through a magnifying-glass at the moment when the plates of wax appear between the segments of the abdomen."

Bee

"Bee seen through a magnifying-glass at the moment when the plates of wax appear between the segments…

Carpenter bees are large, hairy bees distributed worldwide. Their name comes from the fact that nearly all species build their nests in burrows in dead wood, bamboo, or structural timbers. In several species, the females live in tunnels alongside their own daughters or sisters, creating a sort of social group. They use wood bits to form partitions between the cells in the nest. A few species bore holes in wood dwellings. Since the tunnels are near the surface, structural damage is generally minor or nonexistent.

Carpenter Bee

Carpenter bees are large, hairy bees distributed worldwide. Their name comes from the fact that nearly…

"The Carpenter Bee, or Wood Piercer, hollows out galleries in decayed wood, and builds in them cells placed one over the other - a work often occupying many weeks."

Carpenter Bee, Pupae, Eggs, Galleries and Nests

"The Carpenter Bee, or Wood Piercer, hollows out galleries in decayed wood, and builds in them cells…

"The female is smaller than the male, and has a longer body than the working bee; the wings are shorter in proportion. The only part she has to play is that of laying eggs, so she has no palettes and brushes."

Female or Queen Bee (Apis Mellifica)

"The female is smaller than the male, and has a longer body than the working bee; the wings are shorter…

"As the larva increases in size, its food is made to acquire a more decided taste of honey. In the space of five days, the larvae are developed. The perfect insect is hatched seven or eight days after its transformation into a pupa."

Larva of the Bee

"As the larva increases in size, its food is made to acquire a more decided taste of honey. In the space…

"The males are larger and more hairy than the working bee, emitting a sonorous and buzzing sound, have no palettes on their legs, the hairs on their tarsi are not appropriate to the work of gathering, their mandibles are sharper, and they have no sting like that with which the working bee is provided."

Male or Drone Bee (Apis Mellifica)

"The males are larger and more hairy than the working bee, emitting a sonorous and buzzing sound, have…

"The Mason Bees build their nests against the walls with tempered earth, which becomes very hard."

Mason Bee and Nest

"The Mason Bees build their nests against the walls with tempered earth, which becomes very hard."

Mining bees, or digger bees, (familys Andrenidae & Anthophoridae) nest in burrows in the ground. Each mining bee female usually digs her own individual burrow to rear her own young. Large numbers of these bees may nest near one another if soil conditions are suitable.

Mining Bee

Mining bees, or digger bees, (familys Andrenidae & Anthophoridae) nest in burrows in the ground. Each…

"The Leaf Cutting Bees make their nests in tubes lined with the leaves of the rose, the willow, the lilac, etc., placed in a cylindrical burrow."

Rose Megachile Bee (Megachile Centuncularis)

"The Leaf Cutting Bees make their nests in tubes lined with the leaves of the rose, the willow, the…

"Represents a hive constructed with leaves, which open like a book; it was invented by a naturalist to better observe their operations."

Beehive in Leaves

"Represents a hive constructed with leaves, which open like a book; it was invented by a naturalist…

Early style of hive used to house bees.

Bell Shaped Hive

Early style of hive used to house bees.

A. large cell intended for the larvae of the <em>queens</em> B. middling-sized cells intended for the larvae of the <em>male</em> C. small cells intended for he larvae of the <em>workers</em>

The Cells of a Beehive

A. large cell intended for the larvae of the queens B. middling-sized cells intended for the…

Early style of hive used to house bees.

Garden Hive

Early style of hive used to house bees.

Early style of hive used frequently in Poland to house bees.

Polish Hive

Early style of hive used frequently in Poland to house bees.

Early style of hive used in Switzerland to house bees.

Swiss Hive

Early style of hive used in Switzerland to house bees.

"Each cell forms a small, hexagonal cup, closed on one side only by a pyramidal base. These bees always accommodate themselves to the nature of the hive."

Cells Constructed by Bees

"Each cell forms a small, hexagonal cup, closed on one side only by a pyramidal base. These bees always…

Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants. Honey bees (or honeybees) are a subset of bees, primarily distinguished by the production and storage of honey and the construction of perennial, colonial nests out of wax. A colony generally contains one queen bee, a fertile female; seasonally up to a few thousand drone bees or fertile males; and a large seasonally variable population of sterile female worker bees. Eggs are laid singly in a cell in a wax honeycomb, produced and shaped by the worker bees. Larvae are initially fed with royal jelly produced by worker bees, later switching to honey and pollen.

Honey Bees

Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants. Honey bees (or honeybees) are a subset of…

Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants. Honey bees (or honeybees) are a subset of bees, primarily distinguished by the production and storage of honey and the construction of perennial, colonial nests out of wax. A colony generally contains one queen bee, a fertile female; seasonally up to a few thousand drone bees or fertile males; and a large seasonally variable population of sterile female worker bees. Eggs are laid singly in a cell in a wax honeycomb, produced and shaped by the worker bees. Larvae are initially fed with royal jelly produced by worker bees, later switching to honey and pollen.

Honey Bees

Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants. Honey bees (or honeybees) are a subset of…

Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants. Honey bees (or honeybees) are a subset of bees, primarily distinguished by the production and storage of honey and the construction of perennial, colonial nests out of wax. A colony generally contains one queen bee, a fertile female; seasonally up to a few thousand drone bees or fertile males; and a large seasonally variable population of sterile female worker bees. Workers gather pollen into the pollen baskets on their back legs, to carry back to the hive where it is used as food for the developing brood.

Honey Bees

Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants. Honey bees (or honeybees) are a subset of…

Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants. Honey bees (or honeybees) are a subset of bees, primarily distinguished by the production and storage of honey and the construction of perennial, colonial nests out of wax. A colony generally contains one queen bee, a fertile female; seasonally up to a few thousand drone bees or fertile males; and a large seasonally variable population of sterile female worker bees. A honeycomb is a mass of hexagonal wax cells built by honey bees in their nests to contain their larvae and stores of honey and pollen.

Honey Bees

Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants. Honey bees (or honeybees) are a subset of…

A beetle, <em>Harpalus caliginosus</em>, from the under side, with all the pieces named.

Beetle

A beetle, Harpalus caliginosus, from the under side, with all the pieces named.