Fabre's Book of Insects
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Hailed by Darwin as "The Homer of Insects," famed French entomologist Jean Henri Fabre (1823–1915) devoted hours of rapt attention to insects while they hunted, built nests, and fed their families. Working in Provence, in barren, sun-scorched fields inhabited by countless wasps and bees, he observed their intricate and fascinating world, recounting their activities in simple, beautifully written essays.This volume, based on translations of Fabre's Souvenirs Entomologiques, blends folklore and mythology with factual explanation. Fabre's absorbing account of the scarab beetle's existence, for ex...
Chapters (66)
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- FABRE’S BOOK OF INSECTS
- CHAPTER I MY WORK AND MY WORKSHOP
- CHAPTER II THE SACRED BEETLE
- I THE BALL
- II THE PEAR
- III THE GROWING-UP OF THE SCARAB
- CHAPTER III THE CICADA
- I THE CICADA AND THE ANT
- II THE CICADA’S BURROW
- III THE CICADA’S MUSIC
- IV THE CICADA’S EGGS
- CHAPTER IV THE PRAYING MANTIS
- I HER HUNTING
- II HER NEST
- III THE HATCHING OF HER EGGS
- CHAPTER V THE GLOW-WORM
- I HIS SURGICAL INSTRUMENT
- II HIS ROSETTE
- III HIS LAMP
- CHAPTER VI A MASON-WASP
- I HER CHOICE OF A BUILDING-SITE
- II HER BUILDING
- III HER PROVISIONS
- IV HER ORIGIN
- CHAPTER VII THE PSYCHES
- I A WELL-DRESSED CATERPILLAR
- II A DEVOTED MOTHER
- III A CLEVER TAILOR
- CHAPTER VIII THE SELF-DENIAL OF THE SPANISH COPRIS
- CHAPTER IX TWO STRANGE GRASSHOPPERS
- I THE EMPUSA
- II THE WHITE-FACED DECTICUS
- CHAPTER X COMMON WASPS
- I THEIR CLEVERNESS AND STUPIDITY
- II SOME OF THEIR HABITS
- III THEIR SAD END
- CHAPTER XI THE ADVENTURES OF A GRUB
- I THE YOUNG SITARIS
- II THE FIRST ADVENTURE
- III THE SECOND ADVENTURE
- CHAPTER XII THE CRICKET
- I THE HOUSEHOLDER
- II HIS HOUSE
- III HIS MUSICAL-BOX
- CHAPTER XIII THE SISYPHUS
- CHAPTER XIV THE CAPRICORN
- I THE GRUB’S HOME
- II THE GRUB’S SENSATIONS
- III THE GRUB’S FORESIGHT
- CHAPTER XV LOCUSTS
- I THEIR VALUE
- II THEIR MUSICAL TALENT
- III THEIR EARLY DAYS
- IV THEIR FINAL CHANGE
- CHAPTER XVI THE ANTHRAX FLY
- I A STRANGE MEAL
- II THE WAY OUT
- III THE WAY IN
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