From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Nature
Date:
[before 24 July 1873]
Source of text:
Nature , 24 July 1873, p. 244
Summary:
Sends a letter from J. D. Hague confirming his earlier observation [see 8788] of frightened behaviour of ants when they come upon dead ants. CD had asked for confirmation because J. T. Moggridge had suggested that the ants’ behaviour was alarm at the scent of the observer’s fingers.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project