Fabre’s book of insects

About this eBook

Author

Jean-Henri Fabre

Title

Fabre's Book of Insects

Credits

Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

Subject

Insects -- Behavior

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 67000

Release Date

December 22, 2021

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
4. 4.FABRE’S BOOK OF INSECTS
5. 5.MY WORK AND MY WORKSHOP
6. 6.THE SACRED BEETLE — I — THE BALL — II — THE PEAR — III — THE GROWING-UP OF THE SCARAB
7. 7.THE CICADA — I — THE CICADA AND THE ANT — II — THE CICADA’S BURROW — III — THE CICADA’S MUSIC — IV — THE CICADA’S EGGS
8. 8.THE PRAYING MANTIS — I — HER HUNTING — II — HER NEST — III — THE HATCHING OF HER EGGS
9. 9.THE GLOW-WORM — I — HIS SURGICAL INSTRUMENT
10. 10.HIS ROSETTE — III — HIS LAMP
11. 11.A MASON-WASP — I — HER CHOICE OF A BUILDING-SITE — II — HER BUILDING — III — HER PROVISIONS — IV — HER ORIGIN
12. 12.THE PSYCHES — I — A WELL-DRESSED CATERPILLAR — II — A DEVOTED MOTHER — III — A CLEVER TAILOR
13. 13.THE SELF-DENIAL OF THE SPANISH COPRIS
14. 14.TWO STRANGE GRASSHOPPERS — I — THE EMPUSA — II — THE WHITE-FACED DECTICUS
15. 15.COMMON WASPS — I — THEIR CLEVERNESS AND STUPIDITY — II — SOME OF THEIR HABITS — III — THEIR SAD END
16. 16.THE ADVENTURES OF A GRUB — I — THE YOUNG SITARIS — II — THE FIRST ADVENTURE — III — THE SECOND ADVENTURE
17. 17.THE CRICKET — I — THE HOUSEHOLDER — II — HIS HOUSE — III — HIS MUSICAL-BOX
18. 18.THE SISYPHUS
19. 19.THE CAPRICORN — I — THE GRUB’S HOME — II — THE GRUB’S SENSATIONS — III — THE GRUB’S FORESIGHT
20. 20.LOCUSTS — I — THEIR VALUE — II — THEIR MUSICAL TALENT — III — THEIR EARLY DAYS — IV — THEIR FINAL CHANGE
21. 21.THE ANTHRAX FLY — I — A STRANGE MEAL — II — THE WAY OUT — III — THE WAY IN
22. 22.Colophon — Availability — Metadata — Revision History — External References — Corrections

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