Photo Index, continued
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The Large Swarm Raider, Eciton burchelli, continued
Other species of Eciton are all Column Raiders
Dr. Carl W. Rettenmeyer
Professor Emeritus
Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3023 USA
Founding Director Emeritus
Ct State Museum of Natural History
University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3023 USA
Eciton hamatum
Workers
Distinguishing Characters of Soldier
Nongravid or Contracted Queen
Gravid or Pregnant Queen
Emigration Column
Bivouacs
Sexual Brood
24
Raid Columns
27
Queen of Eciton rapax in Emigration
[rapax 53]
Old Cocoons with Meconia [foreli]
Statary Bivouac in Log [hamatum]
Last Nomadic Bivouac with Sexual Brood, Colony '55 B-IV 9 Feb 1955 [foreli]
Bivouac of Same Colony at Beginning of Statary Phase[foreli]
Bivouac of Same Colony near end of Statary Phase [foreli]
Bivouac of Same Colony near end of Statary Phase [foreli459]
Portrait of Male[foreli499]
Mating by Eciton burchellii foreli with Dealate Nale [foreli 759]
Mating by Eciton burchellii burchellii with Alata Male [Kronauer]
Sexual Brood
Emigration at end of Nomadic Phase with Flanges [foreli 836]
Young Cocoons early in Statary Phase
[rforeli 242]