Chapters (40)
- AGENTS
- TRANSLATOR’S NOTE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- THE SACRED BEETLE
- THE LIFE AND LOVE OF THE INSECT CHAPTER I THE SACRED BEETLE
- CHAPTER II THE SACRED BEETLE: THE PEAR
- CHAPTER III THE SACRED BEETLE: THE MODELLING
- CHAPTER IV THE SACRED BEETLE: THE GRUB, THE METAMORPHOSIS, THE HATCHING-CHAMBER
- THE SPANISH COPRIS
- CHAPTER V THE SPANISH COPRIS
- THE ONTHOPHAGI
- CHAPTER VI THE ONTHOPHAGI
- CHAPTER VII A BARREN PROMISE
- A DUNG-BEETLE OF THE PAMPAS
- CHAPTER VIII A DUNG-BEETLE OF THE PAMPAS
- THE GEOTRUPES
- CHAPTER IX THE GEOTRUPES: THE PUBLIC HEALTH
- MINOTAURUS TYPHŒUS
- CHAPTER X MINOTAURUS TYPHŒUS
- THE TWO-BANDED SCOLIA
- CHAPTER XI THE TWO-BANDED SCOLIA
- THE RINGED CALICURGUS
- CHAPTER XII THE RINGED CALICURGUS
- THE OLD WEEVILS
- CHAPTER XIII THE OLD WEEVILS
- CHAPTER XIV LEAF-ROLLERS
- THE HALICTI
- CHAPTER XV THE HALICTI
- CHAPTER XVI THE HALICTI: THE PORTRESS
- THE LANGUEDOCIAN SCORPION
- CHAPTER XVII THE LANGUEDOCIAN SCORPION
- CHAPTER XVIII THE LANGUEDOCIAN SCORPION: THE FAMILY
- INDEX
- Colophon
- Availability
- Metadata
- Revision History
- External References
- Corrections
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