A SINGULAR COMBAI.
\ TUWr.I.T.KII ili South /■ t'linsl Mis of 11 singular eomtmr, ho witnessed. He was 'iiiisinj. , urn; iiinniKia , , witli his oj cs on t.lu! ground, when he nntiwd n e.aterpill ir crawling alonyat-a rapid puce. Pursuing I.nil win a ho<t of small ants. Being ijiiiiikfi/ - in th.ir movement.*, the nnt.s would catch up with the caterpillar, and one would mounr. hii back and bite him. P.iU>iMg, the caterpillar would turn his tu-id, and lile and kill liis tormentor. After .-lautihtemig a dozen or more of his |H'r.-cc.iit"i>, t.he caterpillar showed sijjns of f.itigui-. The ants madr. a combined attack. himself fo a stalk of t'Di-!s i I lie c.-itfrjiillni , climbed up tail fust, followed by Iho ants. A" one npproaohc.l ho seized it in Ins jaws anl threw it off' the stalk. Thu ants seeing chut the: caterfilial- had too Mrong a position for them to overcome, resorted to strategy. They begau sawing , through the prrass .stalk. In ii few iiioiiii-nts the stalk foil, and hundreds of aats pounced upon the c itorpillar. Ho was killed at nncn.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2572, 5 January 1889, Page 2 (Supplement)
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179A SINGULAR COMBAI. Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2572, 5 January 1889, Page 2 (Supplement)
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