| 单词 | white ant |
| 例句 | A month before Les was born his father refused to cut down some trees which he said were full of white ants and were therefore worthless. A life in writing: Les Murray 2010-11-22T00:05:00Z I took the book to the front porch and sat down on the floor, a foot from a trail of white ants. ‘I Read Morning, Night and in Between’: How One Novelist Came to Love Books 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z Just weeks later, the eggs hatch into young cicadas that look like small white ants. Annual Cicadas Perform Their Final Mating Calls of the Season in New York 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Hungry white ants have been allowed to burrow happily both into canvases and frames; bat colonies have been tolerated behind portraits of walrus-like viceroys with fantastic topiaries of facial hair. Violence, victors and victims: how to look at the art of the British empire 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z In his quest for Bizarre Foods, Zimmern ‘spends time with a remote Ugandan tribe and is amazed by the ways they hunt for white ants.’ Rub A Dub Dub, Is It Time To Eat Grubs? 2013-06-04T13:45:00.157Z It would mean that in the South, at least, before very long, white ants, captivated and allured by the scent of wood, would come in their myriads and attack the coffin. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z Scorpions are rather abundant here; and so, I am sorry to say, are white ants. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z And for timber, the teak is invaluable, as it is the only wood that can resist the attacks of the white ants. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z What with white ants and bad servants to contend and combat with, housekeeping in Kerman was enough to turn one’s hair grey! Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z During dry season, white ants stay inside their hills–these elaborate nests are often palatial palaces up to 26 feet tall. Rub A Dub Dub, Is It Time To Eat Grubs? 2013-06-04T13:45:00.157Z When at last the line was up it was found that the white ants had destroyed the poles in the Northern Territory, and they had to be replaced with iron columns. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z It is not that one has any peculiar objection to white ants. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z The public works suffer from the ravages of white ants. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z Such are the literary instincts of white ants. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z He selected this route on account of there being timber suitable for poles; but as the white ants soon destroyed them, the line had to be rebuilt with iron poles. Early Days in North Queensland 2012-01-24T03:00:29.987Z "A white ant," he returned, taking the little hand between his own great strong ones. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z There is only one satisfaction,—our clothes are rapidly getting into a state beyond which even white ants can effect little further damage. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z Next to these come the white ants, that threatened in a short time to eat up every article of baggage. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z Directly we moved into our house I found to my horror that it was infested with white ants. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z No owner ever came, but they had served as food for the white ants, and as a bench for Aladin, for many a year. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z It is now rotten and dilapidated, almost falling to pieces; the white ants have been busy with it. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z I sent my portmanteau in this morning, and had the pleasure when moving it of finding that the white ants had eaten a large hole in the bottom. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z Molave is the most important, being proof against the white ants, and almost imperishable. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z This is the common white ant that digs into joists of houses. The Adventures of a Grain of Dust 2011-11-22T03:00:12.257Z It much resembles the hyæna in appearance and habit, and feeds on carrion and white ants. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z A glance showed me that the posts were nearly eaten through by white ants, and that the first high wind would level it with the ground. My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills 2011-10-26T02:00:28.847Z All the insects were moving and flying hither and thither; white ants who gnaw wood, bad-smelling bugs, enormous cockroaches, mosquitoes, innumerable and various flies. Strange Stories from the Lodge of Leisures 2011-10-17T02:00:17.420Z They were quite suitable, but could only be used if thoroughly creosoted, as otherwise they would merely provide food for the white ants. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z The termites were first called "white ants" in books of travel because the termites the travellers saw were the young people. The Adventures of a Grain of Dust 2011-11-22T03:00:12.257Z The termites, or white ants, are very destructive; neither fruit, flowers of plants, or food of any kind, escapes them. The Emigrant's Lost Son or, Life Alone in the Forest 2011-10-13T02:00:39.777Z Termites, or so-called white ants, are, curiously enough, immune from attack. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z A few supplies had been sent over from St. Augustine, and he was camping in his little house of logs, along with wood-ticks, blue lizards, white ants, gophers, hornets, and several chestnut-colored scorpions. Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z Soot could be strewn around them, and the white ants thus kept at bay. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z The scorpions, the white ants, and the great toads held high revel. Told on the Pagoda Tales of Burmah 2011-05-22T02:00:12.060Z When the termites, or white ant, is seen in the neighbourhood of man, the antipathies of the species are rendered available. The Emigrant's Lost Son or, Life Alone in the Forest 2011-10-13T02:00:39.777Z A small verandah in front was reached by five rickety steps, and some of the piles on which the house was built afforded a fine refuge for white ants. Settling Day 2011-03-08T03:00:36.623Z It is extensively used for cabinet making and carving, and is not readily attacked by the white ant. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XLIII, 1670-1700 2011-02-26T03:00:46.860Z Du Chaillu devoted the greater part of his leisure hours to studying the habits of the many species of these white ants, the nests of which are very conspicuous on the prairies. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Like a string of white ants descending the side of one of their steepest “hills,” I perceived a long line moving down the face of the opposite cliff. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z Dust and bottled butter; black servants and white ants. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z To her joy she discovered the white ants had been busily at work on one of the piles and that they had penetrated the skirting board of the room. Settling Day 2011-03-08T03:00:36.623Z He could tell strange tales of the Termites, or white ants, which are not ants at all,—only so called from a general resemblance to the latter in many of their habits. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z Its food consists wholly of the white ants, whose dome-like structures are found in great numbers in the vicinity of the Orange River, and in other thinly settled localities. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Pangolins are of small or moderate size, terrestrial and burrowing, and feed mainly on termites or white ants; some of the species being more or less arboreal. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z It also proceeded along coöperative lines, so that while the lion, the tiger, and the ape are the prevailing types in certain regions, in others the prevailing type is the white ant. Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come 2011-01-17T03:00:51.213Z The white ants have devoured my beautiful Japanese mats. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z The oil, melted with resins, is an effective and lasting covering for anything desired to be protected from the ravages of white ants. The Cocoanut With reference to its products and cultivation in the Philippines Probably no insect is of more interest in Africa than the termite, or white ant. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Bungalows are more carefully built to resist white ants, drainage and cleanliness prevent mosquitoes and ticks from multiplying, while snakes and leeches avoid cultivated, occupied ground. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" The lion and the tiger no longer reign in the jungle nor the white ant in the Pampas. Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come 2011-01-17T03:00:51.213Z But, inside, where nothing was looked after, the dust lay thick on the furniture, white ants devoured the mats, mildew and patches of moisture came through the walls. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z After sleepless night found white ants in millions in the drawers. The White Queen of Okoyong A True Story of Adventure Heroism and Faith Under it is placed plates of lime to prevent white ants from destroying the wood. My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 All the camels and cattle being finished, donkeys, dogs, mice, and even crickets were consumed, as well as cockroaches, which were considered quite tit-bits; white ants, too, were eaten. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 Not far from the jackal was one of the tall hills made by the white ants. The Blind Lion of the Congo And yet the white ant can never procure any food until it comes above ground. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 Shouting and milling in excitement, like white ants. The Variable Man Arsenite of soda or Atlas Compound 79 is used in the first layer or two to keep out white ants. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) The ground was dug up in all directions in search of the white ants' nests; and the food which they had collected for the winter was greedily consumed. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 The white ants are the most extraordinary creatures of the formican tribe. The Pearl of India I have already said that the white ant is never seen. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 But there was no way possible to rid the place of the billions of white ants. The Upward Path A Reader For Colored Children One is reminded of those houses into which the white ants have eaten their way; outwardly still fair and solid, they crumble at the touch of a hand. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman They took with them a great supply of manioc, cakes baked of big, fat white ants and ground into flour, as well as a great quantity of smoked meats. In Desert and Wilderness They enter the infected house in large numbers, leaving a reserve force behind, and promptly destroy every white ant in the place. The Pearl of India It is clear then that darkness is no protection to the white ant; and yet without coming out of the ground it cannot live. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 Into that hard-packed earth it dug huge hooked claws, and from its tapering muzzle a wormlike tongue licked about, gathering the outrushing white ants into its gullet. The Pathless Trail No wonder Mrs. Maxwell complained bitterly of the mischief they did, and of the ravages of151 white ants, which are even more destructive. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' From time to time the caravan passed by high, pillar-like hillocks of termites or white ants, with which tropical Africa is strewn. In Desert and Wilderness These are the natural enemies of the white ants. The Pearl of India I have seen white ants working on the top of a high tree, and yet they were underground. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 The creatures are white ants who come out of holes in the ground at this time of year. Round the Wonderful World The little bear of Borneo is only dangerous to the bees and white ants—or other insects—which he is accustomed to lick up with his long tongue. Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt In the case of many houses in India, mud is used instead of mortar, and the structure suffers greatly if the white ants take possession. India and the Indians The palmyra palm and the ebony-tree furnish the only timber which resists the serious ravages of these white ants. The Pearl of India The termite or white ant is a small insect, with a bloated, yellowish-white body, and a somewhat large thorax, oblong-shaped, and colored a disagreeable oily brown. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 Long before that time paper made of vegetable substances decays, palm-leaves and birch-bark become brittle, and white ants often destroy what might have escaped the ravages of the climate. Chips From A German Workshop, Vol. V. Miscellaneous Later Essays He had built a little one of his own, raised up on palm posts six feet from the ground, so that she need not fear tigers or snakes or white ants. Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines The white ants walked in as soon as the workmen left. Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak He pours some molasses on the ground near by the path by which the white ants move to and fro between their home and the house. The Pearl of India The worker white ant is a poor defenseless creature, and blind and unarmed, would fall an immediate prey to these well-drilled banditti, who forage about in every tropical forest in unnumbered legion. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 Wood oil is also used as a varnish in India and forms an effective protection against the attacks of white ants. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" The white ant, which is so destructive to the ordinary wooden pile, does not attack it. The Critic in the Orient The ornamental pillars were first made of polished nibong palms; but in a few years these had to be cut away, as they were full of white ants, and hard wood substituted. Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak On a warm, dry morning, any attentive observer may see the white ants in the neighborhood of their hills bringing out their eggs to warm them in the direct rays of the sun. The Pearl of India It is too green to burn in his hut; before it is dry and the white ants have eaten it, the new detour has become part and parcel of the path. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 The white ant is also met with, and builds itself massive hills of enormous size. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. It is so hard that sea worms and white ants cannot bore into it. Fil and Filippa Story of Child Life in the Philippines The balean attaps were as good as ever, but the strips of wood on which they hung were attacked by white ants, and had to be renewed or the shingles would have fallen through. Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak The favorite food of this gorgeous bird is said to be the white ant, which so abounds here; a happy provision, whereby the multiplying of this insect pest is in a measure checked. The Pearl of India You build your house perhaps, and for a few months fancy you have pitched upon the one solitary site in the country where there are no white ants. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 "It is a nest of white ants," I said to my son; "they are insects of the neuropteral order, and allied to the libellula." Adventures of a Young Naturalist “A flying white ant broke the thick beams of that big building, just as though a mountain fell on it, or as if an earthquake had rent it.” Fil and Filippa Story of Child Life in the Philippines English oak seemed like a slice of cake to white ants. Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak One is prone to query what the white ant was created for. The Pearl of India The flabby, tallow-like body makes this insect sufficiently repulsive, but it is for quite another reason that the white ant is the worst abused of all living vermin in warm countries. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 You can tell infallibly the points of the compass from the mounds of this white ant, which has been called the “meridian termite.” Peeps At Many Lands: Australia Our deadly white ant flies in a cloud of ants. Fil and Filippa Story of Child Life in the Philippines We made our first acquaintance with white ants while we lived in the court-house. Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak In Paraguay it prefers sides of lakes where ants, at least termites or white ants, are abundant; but it also frequents woods. Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. It stood some feet above the ground on a number of tarred and tin-capped piles, a necessary precaution in the land of the white ant. Colonial Born A tale of the Queensland bush It was that, no doubt, that frightened me so badly, I had heard of men in their sleep being attacked by the white ants, and bitten to death. Popular Adventure Tales This is because the white ant is the prize destroyer of property throughout Africa. An African Adventure The white ants had eaten through and through the books, and picked all the surface off the bindings; they were disgusting to look at and to smell. Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak It is a member of the group of membranous-winged insects known to naturalists as Hymenoptera, an order which includes all the elaborate societies of the class except the colonies of white ants. Domesticated Animals Their Relation to Man and to his Advancement in Civilization At all events, there it stood, half-way between Ypres and the Germans, with everything of any possible value stripped off it as thoroughly as though it had been left to the white ants. Mud and Khaki Sketches from Flanders and France Deep cuts into the clayey soil sometimes bisect whole galleries of wonderful white ants, causing untold consternation to the occupants. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia Tarantulas, scorpions, serpents, white ants, mosquitoes, and every kind of loathsome creature that flies and crawls is to be found there. The Story of General Gordon We afterwards had to clear the platforms away—they became full of white ants; but they looked very well at first. Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak “Such goings on,” he continued, folding my travelling clothes into a tin trunk, where the white ants could not get at them. Anting-Anting Stories And other Strange Tales of the Filipinos There the ceiling-joists were gracefully festooned with cobwebs, the floor had many a great hole in it, caused by white ant and damp. An Australian Lassie Around the base were galleries of white ants. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia At night, if the doors be open the white ants make for the lamps in such numbers that they are extinguished by them, and the room is in the morning found strewed with their dead. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 Aquatic forms resembling the larva of the Ephemeræ, Perlæ and, more remotely, the Forficulæ and white ants of to-day were probably evolved with comparative suddenness. Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses "The three greatest pets in the Darwin district are said to be the white ant—which sometimes grows to the size of a bee—the marsh fly, and the great Darwin mosquito." Punch, or the London Charivari, May 6, 1914 But Marcel pointed at the domed huts which looked so like a collection of white ant heaps. The Heart of Unaga Here and there, under the trees, were conical hills twenty feet high, built up for residences by the white ants. Adventures in Africa By an African Trader Flying white ants, flying bugs, and other unwelcome visitors of the same order, come out in thousands. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 Instantly a white ant was seen to appear through the opening thus made, apparently surveying the damage done. In the Wilds of Africa Our white ant "Fifi" has just bitten through her collar and run away. Punch, or the London Charivari, May 6, 1914 The interior of the tree is secretly eaten away by white ants; the tempest reveals and completes the destruction. My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year In addition, the party of explorers found their animals woefully bitten by the tsetse fly, rhinoceroses and elephants were too plentiful to be interesting, and the great white ant made itself tiresome. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole He sat down close beside a Swahili gun bearer, who was frying a mess of white ants. Sacrifice Natty and I were a little in advance, when we came to a large village of white ants, such as I have before described. In the Wilds of Africa If white ants earnestly take possession of the woodwork of a building not constructed of the finest timber, it is a hopeless case. The Philippine Islands It seems to me the squirrels are rooting out the white ants from their earthy works up the tree trunks above me. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah Borers riddled the pages of his books; and the white ant, as greedy for wood pulp as a paper baron, was constantly sapping and mining the underpinnings of his house. From Place to Place All build in holes, mostly in trees, but sometimes in the ground, or in white ants’ nests. Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays The tiny white ants announced their disapproval of the intrusion by vicious stings, but Piang did not move. The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old It is proof against white ants, has great strength and tenacity, and is much valued in Manila for house-building, etc. The Philippine Islands There are white ant hills like ragged heaps of raw chocolate—very hard and strong. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah But no large animal does mischief for a moment comparable to that of the two insect plagues which vex the eastern half of the country, the white ants and the locusts. Impressions of South Africa “Just look at them there lizards with red and blue tails running about among the rocks an’ eatin’ up the white ants like one o’clock.” Black Ivory Every day she shook them out with loving care, so that the baratas and white ants would not eat holes in them. Tales of Giants from Brazil In a colony of Termes, or white ants, so-called, there are five kinds of individuals. The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals What strikes you at first about the white ant is that you never see it unless you lay its works open. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah All the roofs are of iron, and a prudent builder puts iron also into the foundation of the walls beneath the brick, in order to circumvent the white ants. Impressions of South Africa We had an anxious battle with white ants also. Southern Arabia The white ants of the Mauritius generally build their nests in trees, where one of them looks like a huge excrescence of the stem. My First Voyage to Southern Seas Here the white ants waged relentless war against his property. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley They also came upon a bank, in their course, in which was a nest belonging to a large species of white ant. On the Banks of the Amazon There is also the large reddish-black ant, which bites fiercely, but is regarded with favour because it kills the white ants when it can get at them. Impressions of South Africa On examining the birds we had cooked the previous evening we found they had been nearly devoured by the white ants, a large nest of which we discovered a short distance from the camp. Adventures in Australia I had heard of men in their sleep being attacked by the white ants, and bitten to death. The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family They carefully placed his diaries and letters, his Bible and instruments, in tin boxes so that they might be safe from wet and from white ants, which are very destructive. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People All his skin was eaten up by the white ants. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala But the white ant is by far the most pernicious kind, and a real curse to the country. Impressions of South Africa Such animals are, for example, the white ants and a rare kind of wild pig, which is said not to allow itself to be killed. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia At the extreme end of the garden, however, are the three little conical huts, side by side, resembling white ants' nests, which have been the prime cause of so much excitement and judicial inquiry. The Insurrection in Paris Horsfield says of it that it collects by hundreds in hollow trees, and feeds chiefly on white ants. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon The architects of these wonderful structures are the termites, or "white ants," so called, though they belong to a higher order of insects, widely differing from the true ants. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America The white ants are the worst insect foe we have, and the stories I hear of their performances would do credit to the Arabian Nights. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. The spirits of common folk soon turn into the nests of white ants, which serve as food for the more robust ghosts. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia Ants, especially the white ant, pay frequent visits to the house, but the worst scourge of all is the ravenous bedbug. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir It is extremely fond of honey, and never passes an ant-hill without digging up its contents, especially those of white ants. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Consequently it was made over to the white ants, and it has now duly qualified for fuel. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative The termites, or white ants of the tropics, are the only “ants” foreign to this order of insects, the white ants being near relations of the dragonflies, may-flies, etc. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. "Well, I have nothing to tempt the white ants." The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma Here is a colony of white ants, whose activity is staggering, bewildering, stupefying. Atlantis Mr. Mason remarks of this rat that they are only second to the white ants for the mischief they perpetrate. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon As before said the really comfortable house of boarding has been bequeathed to the white ants at Axim by the Government of the Golden Land, too poor to pay transport. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative It is admitted that the termites are in many respects inferior in structure to the bees and wasps, whilst the white ants themselves are the superiors of their own order—that of the Neuroptera. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. But the white ants have a class to which there is nothing similar among any other race of insects. Stories about the Instinct of Animals, Their Characters, and Habits One morning, near the spot where he had headed the storming party against the white ants, a working party of the crew of the Illustrious had commenced constructing a wharf before the dockyard. The Lieutenant and Commander Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels When the white ants cast off their colony of winged emigrants a canopy is erected like an umbrella over the ant-hill. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi It abounds more in white ants than such light soil generally does. A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II The white ant is perhaps as destructive as any other insect, and the greatest precaution hardly preserves one from its intrusion. Lives of the Three Mrs. Judsons But, Uncle Thomas, what can be the use of such animals as white ants? Stories about the Instinct of Animals, Their Characters, and Habits In the mean time, however, come along, and help me to rout out these rascally white ants. The Lieutenant and Commander Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels In these his papers and instruments were safe from wet and from white ants, which have to be guarded against more than anything else. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi The abundance of grain and other food is accompanied by great numbers of rats or large mice, which play all manner of pranks by night; white ants have always to be guarded against likewise. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 The white ants eat away the flaps of the tents, and the men wake up covered with dust, like children in a hayfield. Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege Like white ants, it never works in the open, but makes a tunnel or burrows under ground, and, hidden in some piece of furniture, eats away all its substance whilst it seems perfectly solid. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII I have been waiting for you with some impatience;" he said, "to be present at the hunt after a white ant's nest, a sort of thing I know you like. The Lieutenant and Commander Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels The stripes were of yellowish green, and it had two most formidable reddish mandibles, the same shape as those of the redheaded white ant. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi "You remember that the white ants got at my other specimens before I could mount them." The Firing Line "Indeed we do," said a white ant with gold buckles on her shoes. Uncle Wiggily's Adventures Caterpillars feed upon the leaves of older plants, and the white ant destroys them by consuming their roots. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. Anthills of white ants, as ovens; yellow ants, as signs of direction. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries We found a fourth kind, which are perfectly harmless, and almost exactly resemble the white ants of the East Indies: The architecture of these is still more curious than that of the others. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13 A lawsuit has been occasioned in Calcutta through white ants devouring a will. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, December 12, 1891 To prevent white ants attacking the roofs of buildings I have successfully used the following mixture. Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore The white ants may be driven away or destroyed by frequent hoeings, which is the best preventive of the scorching, for hoeing preserves the soil in an equable and fitting state of moisture. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. It is essential where white ants are numerous. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries I have had a case of wine filled, in the course of two days, with almost solid clay, and only discovered the presence of the white ants by the bursting of the corks. Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 The house is beautiful; do not touch it; it is riddled by white ants, by dry rot, and it would fall. The Jesus of History This plan was adopted when one of my bungalows was re-roofed many years ago, and we have not a sign of white ants, though they are numerous all around the house. Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore The insect enemies of the tree are not very numerous, but it has a few, white ants among the number. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. I have had a case of wine filled, in the course of two days, with almost solid clay, and only discovered the presence of the white ants by the escape from the corks. Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon On going to Linyanti, Dr. Livingstone found the wagon and other articles which he had left there in 1853, safe and sound, except from the effects of weather and the white ants. The Personal Life of David Livingstone The white ant is a cruel destroyer of goods: where it has once made its domicile, a real misfortune may be considered to have visited the house. Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society Such a house offers no barriers to mosquitoes, flies, flying roaches, or white ants, while rats, scorpions, and centipedes find friendly shelter in the thatch roof. The Tinguian Social, Religious, and Economic Life of a Philippine Tribe A great many years ago there was no hill there at all, and the ground was covered with small white ants. The Seven Little Sisters Who Live on the Round Ball That Floats in the Air Its greatest recommendation is, that the white ant will not touch it, and it will consequently be a great desideratum where that insect abounds. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 480, March 12, 1831 Such letters, the evidence alleged, had in some cases existed, but had been lost, burnt, eaten by white ants, or written on a sheet of blotting paper or the whitewashed wall of a barrack room. The Making of Religion The architects of some were red ants, of others black ants; and others, which were on the whole the largest, had been built by the white ants, the termites. Through the Brazilian Wilderness It is said that house posts of this wood are not attacked by white ants. The Tinguian Social, Religious, and Economic Life of a Philippine Tribe Well, on the spot where this hill now stands the white ants began to work. The Seven Little Sisters Who Live on the Round Ball That Floats in the Air Steam has been lately found very successful in cleansing ships from vermin, and especially the white ant. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 396, October 31, 1829 Petroleum wells supply the whole Burman empire with oil for lamps, and also for smearing timber, to protect it against insects, and particularly the white ant. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 384, August 8, 1829 There were white ants that ate the wooden poles, and wild elephants that pulled up the iron poles. The History of the Telephone It includes the dragon flies, May flies, white ants, etc. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section P and Q Of insects Africa has many thousand different kinds; of these the locust is the proverbial scourge of the continent, and the ravages of the termites or white ants are almost incredible. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 In Louisiana there are white ants, which seem to love dead wood. History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing “But stop a moment,” continued the provoking naturalist; “stop, and tell me: I can’t be wrong: I always thought that white ants could never be found elsewhere than in Africa.” Dick Sands, the Boy Captain The white ant abounds in the scrubs, and we even found some of their habitations near the top of Mount Stuart. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart It is quite in keeping with the forest and tree surroundings of the time that white ants should have abounded to eat up the decayed and dead wood. The Naturalist on the Thames The place is very feverish and unhealthy, and the white ants so troublesome that everything has to be stood in sardine tins full of ashes. Cetywayo and his White Neighbours Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal They live upon insects, chiefly white ants, which they catch by tearing open their houses with their strong claws, and then rolling their long tongues among them. Twilight and Dawn Simple Talks on the Six Days of Creation The white ant can destroy fleets and cities, and the locusts erase a province. Endymion We often think it enough to remove the grosser evils, and leave the less, but white ants will eat up a carcass faster than a lion. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes The blue kingfisher is investigating the tumour made by white ants in the bloodwood wherein the nest is annually excavated, and soon the chattering notes of the pair will be heard. Tropic Days The walls were of clay, with a little wood, and the wood was eaten through by the white ants that crawled about everywhere. Pan Houses, however, stately or humble, in North Queensland, are sacrificial to what are known popularly as "white ants" unless special means are taken for their exclusion. My Tropic Isle Of the insect life seen, he was particularly struck by the white ants and their nests, and formed a very respectful opinion of the mosquito. The Life of Captain James Cook The earth is teeming with insects, chief amongst which are the dreaded and destructive white ants. Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter They were Termites, ‘white ants’—of which of the many species I know not—and the lump above was their nest. At Last I found out that they were white ants which had burst through the wood- work, and which seem to be provided with wings under such circumstances, in order that they may migrate. Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin Two contrary conditions had to be considered—the hostility of white ants to buildings of wood, and the necessity for raising the floor but slightly above the level of the ground. My Tropic Isle Found the stores in good condition, though the bags had been much injured by the rats and white ants. Journals of Australian Explorations "I have never seen any white ants here," said Prudence, who called the native Australians blacks when she spoke of them and a-borry- jines when she read about them. The Happy Adventurers The cow-skin couches are suspended during the day, like arms and other articles which suffer from rats and white ants, by loops of cord to the sides. First Footsteps in East Africa The termite, or white ant, is said to have been brought to Rochefort by the commerce of that port a hundred years ago. The Earth as Modified by Human Action Grace of style it cannot claim; but neither "white ants" nor weather trouble it. My Tropic Isle Time, white ants, gravity and luck had done the rest. The Ivory Trail The white ants had not only eaten up bodily the box in which the guns were packed, but they had also eaten the gunstocks. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley Nor have I ever seen an instance of this alleged exhibition of self-sacrifice on the part of the white ant. Confessions of a Beachcomber The white ant has lately appeared at St. Helena and is in a high degree destructive, no wood but teak, and even that not always, resisting it.—Nature for March 2d, 1871, p. The Earth as Modified by Human Action None, save the exotic plants, that time, fire, and "white ants" might not consume. My Tropic Isle It's my impression they're as remorseless and persistent as white ants—undermining, digging, devouring everywhere while the rest of the world sleeps. The Ivory Trail Second to the earwigs in importance and in numbers were the white ants, whose powers of destructiveness were simply awful. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley The sharp conical hills of the white ant, constructed of red clay, were very numerous. Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 The wood is impervious to the attacks of the white ant. Spinifex and Sand A favourite set target is the bulbous formicary of the white ant which disfigures so many of the trees of the forest. My Tropic Isle And Tippoo Tib, he say to me, 'You take first step to show any man where is that ivory, and you shall be fed to white ants by my faithful people!' The Ivory Trail The boats, canvas, &c., were to be placed high above reach of white ants, and the boxes of ammunition and powder kegs were to be stored in the gun-room, out of reach of danger. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley The nests of the white ant were rarely seen; but the soldier ant, and the whole host of the others, were every where. Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 When "smoothed out," as Johnny phrased it, the iron was to be used for capping the piles that the house was built upon, "to make them little white ants stay at home." We of the Never-Never Whenever they stopped to rest, they were tormented by flies, white ants, and reptiles, which crawled all over them. Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life And Schillingschen he catch two of them faithful people, and feed 'em to white ants when nobody looking that way! The Ivory Trail On their way through an ochreish Goban, or maritime plain, they passed huge hills made by white ants, Gallas graves planted with aloe, 155 and saw in the distance troops of gazelles. The Life of Sir Richard Burton The edges of the stiff shallows were densely covered with the sharp pointed structures of the white ants, about two or three feet high. Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 In search for its food—the dead wood of trees—the so-called white ant constructs runways of earth about the size of gas pipes, reaching from the base of the tree to the topmost branches. The Elements of Geology And besides, the piano had been attacked by white ants, and the tuner had not been so far up the river for a long time. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life The whole crushing mass of this mountain, of this block of limestone, into which we have crawled through relatively imperceptible holes, like white ants or larvae, seems to weigh upon our chest. Egypt (La Mort de Philae) I have seen three varieties of white ants—the largest about the size of a small wasp: this does not attack dwellings, but subsists upon fallen trees. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile The white ants are now issuing from the ground in vast numbers in the winged state, and are taking flight. Ismailia I should have liked also to study the ways of the white ant, the great timber-destroying pest of this country, which abounds on this hill. The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither He was afraid that the white ants might have got into them. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life The hut was swarming with rats and white ants, the former racing over our bodies during the night and burrowing through the floor, filling our only room with mounds like molehills. In the Heart of Africa Although the earth of this country if tempered for house-building will crumble in the rain, the hills of the white ants remain solid and waterproof, owing to the glue in the cement. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile They gnawed holes in the sacks, and the contents poured upon the ground like sand from an hour-glass, to be immediately attacked and destroyed by white ants. Ismailia Clothes must always be packed in tin boxes, or the whole case will most likely be devoured by white ants. The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon But Kuppi did not know that the white ants had not been given a chance to work destruction upon 'the Ladyship's' properties. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life The luggage was overrun with white ants, instead of being attended to every morning. In the Heart of Africa The hut was swarming with rats and white ants, the former racing over our bodies during the night, and burrowing through the floor, filling our only room with mounds like molehills. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile That evening, after a heavy shower, we witnessed one of those remarkable appearances of the winged white ants that issued from a mound within a few yards of our tent. Ismailia The sun, the steam of this vast alluvial tract, and the infinite armies of white ants, make such havoc with buildings that a house requires a complete repair every three years. Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 These harmless—though to new-comers repulsive—creatures sometimes perform good service to man, by eating great numbers of the destructive white ants. A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 They are not the soldiers or defenders of the working portion of the community, like the armed class in the termites, or white ants, for they never fight. The Naturalist on the River Amazons The white ants had surrounded his body with a case of earth, and had made their home upon his skin. Vikram and the Vampire; Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance The white ant, in this stage of its existence, is esteemed as a great delicacy when fried in a little butter. Ismailia Whatever volumes you may send me ought to be half bound; or the white ants will devour them before they have been three days on shore. Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 Musical instruments, mats, pillows, mortars for pounding meal, were lying about unused, and becoming the prey of the white ants. A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 This exhilarating abode contained only one room, the walls of which were disfigured by large and ugly patches of mud, the work of white ants. The Naturalist on the River Amazons The white ants and corrosive ink were too strong for the Raja's determination. Vikram and the Vampire; Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance They are quickly attacked by the white ants, which destroy the wattles, but the clay is sufficiently tenacious to form a wall when the wood or reeds may have disappeared. Ismailia One corner had been carried away by an unlucky thrust from a razor—not a sword; while the date and signature had also been half eaten out by the white ants of Bengal. The Lumley Autograph The white ant, being a vegetable feeder, devours articles of vegetable origin only, and leather, which, by tanning, is imbued with a vegetable flavour. A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 Ants and white ants have much that is analogous in their modes of life— they belong, however, to two widely different orders of insects, strongly contrasted in their structure and manner of growth. The Naturalist on the River Amazons Accordingly I constructed a kiln, with the assistance of the white ants. The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs I had paved the floor with the cast-iron plates of the steamer's engine room, thus it was both level and proof against the white ants. Ismailia The termes, or white ants, destroy everything on which they fasten; they will eat through an oak chest in a day or two and devour all its contents. Life of William Carey I have seen the black ants returning from their work of destruction, each carrying a slaughtered white ant in his mouth, which he devours at leisure. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon I think it was that unlucky joke of mine which first set Mameena thinking, "like a white ant in its tunnel," as Saduko said. Child of Storm So do the white ants in the tropics. Madam How and Lady Why The Queen was exhibited and explained, and I described her subjects to be as numerous as the white ants in Unyoro. Ismailia But what if I put down my heel and crush you, little white ant? Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain They accordingly pour a little treacle on the ground within a yard of the hole occupied by the white ants. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon When a tree is cut down, white ants immediately swarm toward the food thus unwittingly provided for them by man. The New McGuffey Fourth Reader There are no ticks, nor bugs, nor leeches, nor scorpions, nor white ants, nor wasps, nor mosquitoes; in fact, there is nothing venomous except the snake alluded to, and a small species of centipede. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon Still, the white ant can never procure food until it does come above the surface of the soil. The New McGuffey Fourth Reader The white ant is a small insect, the body being of a yellowish white color, and repulsive in appearance. The New McGuffey Fourth Reader They enter the hole, and they destroy every white ant in the building. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon For a short time you fancy that you have pitched upon the only spot in the country where there are no white ants. The New McGuffey Fourth Reader The white ant's method of working is as follows: At the foot of a tree the tiniest hole cautiously opens in the soil close to the bark. The New McGuffey Fourth Reader |
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