the GAKKEN'S PHOTO ENCYCLOPEDIA "ANTS" This illustrated book was
published from the Gakushu Kenkyusha in 1979 as "ANTS" in a
series of GAKKEN'S PHOTO ENCYCLOPEDIA. This book provided very
good introductory information about ants with wonderful
ecological photos and illustrations of ants and simple
explanations. To our regret, however, the book has long been
unpublished. Therefore, under the condition that its use is only
for educational enlightment, this book was entered in the "Color
Image Database of Japanese Ants" and pulished as an introduction
to myrmecology by obtaining special permission from Gakusyu
Kenkyusha, Mr. Kuribayashi and others who were associated with
the publication of this illustrated book. In recording this book
on the database, the text was inputted and edited by Imai, and
the digital imaging processing and editing of the illustrations
were performed by Tsukii from the originally printed
illustrations using a scanner. Although the layout of the text
and illustrations differ from the orig