Insect life: Souvenirs of a naturalist
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Modern Entomologic book of the early twentieth century by the physicist and botanist Jean-Henri Fabre. He is considered by many to be the father of modern entomology.
Chapters (33)
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- I THE SACRED BEETLE
- II THE ENCLOSURE
- III CERCERIS BUPRESTICIDA
- IV CERCERIS TUBERCULATA
- V ONE SKILFUL TO SLAY
- VI THE YELLOW-WINGED SPHEX
- VII THREE STROKES OF A DAGGER
- VIII LARVA AND NYMPH
- IX ADVANCED THEORIES
- X THE SPHEX OF LANGUEDOC
- XI THE SCIENCE OF INSTINCT
- XII THE IGNORANCE OF INSTINCT
- XIII AN ASCENT OF MONT VENTOUX
- XIV THE EMIGRANTS
- XV THE AMMOPHILA
- XVI THE BEMBEX
- XVII HUNTING DIPTERA
- XVIII A PARASITE—THE COCOON
- XIX THE RETURN TO THE NEST
- XX MASON BEES
- XXI EXPERIMENTS
- XXII AN EXCHANGE OF NESTS
- DESCRIPTIVE NOTES
- Macmillan’s Prize Library
- Colophon
- Availability
- Metadata
- Revision History
- External References
- Corrections
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