The Life of the Caterpillar
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Considered "The Homer of Insects," Fabre's work laid the foundation for virtually all subsequent work in the field of entomology. Jean-Henri Fabre (1823-1915) is well known for his popularization of insect natural history, especially in the ten volumes of Souvenirs Entomoligiques. Although a reclusive amateur, with no scientific training, he was an acute observer of insect behavior. He combined his observations (most made in his own backyard) with a humanistic writing style that made his books popular, at least later in his life; during most of his life, the successive volumes of Souvenirs Ent...
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- BOOKS BY J. HENRI FABRE
- CONTENTS
- TRANSLATOR’S NOTE
- CHAPTER I THE PINE PROCESSIONARY: THE EGGS AND THE HATCHING
- CHAPTER II THE PINE PROCESSIONARY: THE NEST; THE COMMUNITY
- CHAPTER III THE PINE PROCESSIONARY: THE PROCESSION
- CHAPTER IV THE PINE PROCESSIONARY: METEOROLOGY
- CHAPTER V THE PINE PROCESSIONARY: THE MOTH
- CHAPTER VI THE PINE PROCESSIONARY: THE STINGING POWER
- CHAPTER VII THE ARBUTUS CATERPILLAR
- CHAPTER VIII AN INSECT VIRUS
- CHAPTER IX THE PSYCHES: THE LAYING
- CHAPTER X THE PSYCHES: THE CASES
- CHAPTER XI THE GREAT PEACOCK
- CHAPTER XII THE BANDED MONK
- CHAPTER XIII THE SENSE OF SMELL
- CHAPTER XIV THE CABBAGE-CATERPILLAR
- INDEX
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- V
- W
- Colophon
- Availability
- Metadata
- Revision History
- External References
- Corrections
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