10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WOOD ANT»
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wood ant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
wood ant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Insects and Spiders of the World
Many northern forests depend on wood ants to keep numbers of plant-eating
insects down. Some birds use these large ants to remove parasites from their
bodies. □4 A worker wood ant carries a dead leaf that will become part of the
nest ...
2
Wood's Bible Animals: A Description of the Habits, ...
Any one who wishes to test the truth of his words can easily do so by watching
the first Ants' nest which he finds, the species of the Ant not being of much
consequence. The nests of the Wood-Ant are perhaps the best suited for
investigation, ...
John George Wood, James McCosh, Daniel March, 1875
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Insects at home: Being a popular account of British insects, ...
Mr. F. Smith mentions that he has found a nest of another ant, Myrmica Icevinodis
, within a hill made by the Wood-Ant. Myrmica nitidula has been taken in the
same locality. The Red Ant (Formica sanguinea) is worthy of some notice,
because it ...
4
The Life and Times of Anthony
Wood: Antiquary, of Oxford, ...
The signature ' A. Wood,' Anthony * Wood,' ' Ant. Wood,' ' Antonius Wood ' is
found in 1653 (Wood 18 no. 1) ; in 1656 (Wood MS. B 15) ; in 1658 (Wood 16,
Wood 34, Wood 129, Wood 602, Wood 616 no. 12) ; in 1659 (Wood 101) ; in
1661 ...
Anthony à Wood, Andrew Clark, Llewelyn Powys, 1891
... from the addresses of several le ters given in the course of these volumes.
Further, there are numerous signatures1 showing that at first our author wrote his
name Wood or Woode. The signature ' A. Wood,' Anthony 2 Wood,' ' Ant. Wood ...
Oxford Historical Society, 1891
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Environmental Sampling for Trace Analysis
Entomophaga 32, 551-561. Dlussky, G. M. (1967) The Ant Genus Formica (in
Russian), Nauka, Moscow, 236 pp. Elton, E. T. G. (1958) The artificial
establishment of wood ant colonies for biological control in the Netherlands. Proc
. Xth Internal.
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A Bibliography of
Ant Systematics
79:1 12-1 16. [1967.04.15] Barrett, K. E. J. 1968a. A survey of the distribution and
present status of the wood ant, Formica rufa L. (Hym., Formicidae) in England
and Wales. Trans. Soc. Br. Entomol. 17:217-233. [1968.03] Barrett, K. E. J. 1968b.
Foraging strategy of wood ants (Formica rufa group), II: Noc- wood ant Formica
truncorum Fabr., I: Polydomous nesting, population size and foraging.
Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 58(1-2): 147-
175. 1986a.
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Fourth European Conference on Artificial Life
[5] Cosens, D. fe Toussaint, N. (1985) An experimental study of the foraging
strategy of the wood ant Formica aquilonia. Animal Behaviour 33: 541-552. [6]
Cowie, R.J. (1977) Optimal foraging in great tits (Parus major). Nature 268: 137-
139.
Phil Husbands, Inman Harvey, 1997
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Issues in Life Sciences: Zoology: 2011 Edition
Earlier observations have shown or suggested that strong territorial wood-ant
species, by defending their own territories, interfere with raids by F. sanguinea
such that colonies of potential slave species gain protection against raids,”
scientists ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WOOD ANT»
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wood ant is used in the context of the following news items.
The Cambridge Distillery Makes A Bottle of Gin With 62 Red Wood …
Do you like your gin with a little bit of red wood ant acid? The Cambridge Distillery's got you covered. In partnership with Copenhagen's Nordic Food Lab, they ... «Branding Magazine, May 15»
Each Bottle of This Gin Is Flavored With the Venom and …
Red wood ants produce formic acid as a defense mechanism as well as a host of pheromones. These chemicals are very reactive with ethanol, so distillation ... «Adweek, May 15»
Gin made from red wood ants
The Cambridge Distillery collaborated with the Nordic Food Lab on Anty Gin, a limited-edition spirit containing red wood ant distillate. It is £200 GBP per bottle. «Boing Boing, May 15»
Boutique gin boasts all the flavor of 62 forest ants
Using the red wood ant, Formica rufa, which has been harvested from the forests of Kent, England, each bottle of Anty-gin, as it is known, will be infused with the ... «Gizmag, May 15»
Anyone for ant-flavoured gin?
Miles Irving, a professional forager, collected over 6000 red wood ants and placed them in a strong ethanol solution, before distilling it to make an ant ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
Bugs life: In the lair of the wood ant eating spider
The park authority's planning committee said the project would have a negative impact on the natural heritage of School Wood, an area of ancient woodland. «BBC News, Nov 14»
Wood ants reshape the mound to match the weather
Sep 18, 2014 — Wood ant colonies create noticeable hummocks in clearings and fields. The elaborate structures create a temperate micro-climate ideal for ... «North Country Public Radio, Sep 14»
Watch: Ants Run With Half Their Legs on the Ground
But not ants, who have a much more agile way to scoot. ... paper is the first report of ground reaction force measurements for ants—specifically the wood ant. «Popular Mechanics, Jul 14»
Ants fire acid to ward off predators
The amazing spectacle of a colony of red wood ants detering aerial predators by squirting formic acid in defence of their nest has been captured by wildlife ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 14»
Another Life: How much would you pay to save the hairy wood ant?
It is one of the wood ants still present in billions across the forests of northern Eurasia, from Ireland to Japan, but now threatened by human inroads into the trees. «Irish Times, Feb 14»
