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The Galleries of the Cutting Ants of Texas

Nature volume 20, page 583 (1879)Cite this article

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MR. McCOOK, the devoted student of insects, has in preparation a memoir, which will be looked for with the intensest interest, resulting from his prolonged investigations into the life-history of the cutting or “parasol” ants of Texas (Atta fervens), bidding fair to rival his work upon the agricultural ants.

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BETTANY, G. The Galleries of the Cutting Ants of Texas . Nature 20, 583 (1879). https://doi.org/10.1038/020583b0

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