Social Life in the Insect World
by Jean-Henri Fabre
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Contents
- J. H. Fabre
- Chapter I. The Fable of the Cigale and the Ant
- Chapter II. The Cigale Leaves Its Burrow
- Chapter III. The Song of the Cigale
- Chapter IV. The Cigale. The Eggs and Their Hatching
- Chapter V. The Mantis.—The Chase
- Chapter VI. The Mantis.—Courtship
- Chapter VII. The Mantis.—The Nest
- Chapter VIII. The Golden Gardener.—Its Nutriment
- Chapter IX. The Golden Gardener—Courtship
- Chapter X. The Field-Cricket
- Chapter XI. The Italian Cricket
- Chapter XII. The Sisyphus Beetle.—The Instinct of Paternity
- Chapter XIII. A Bee-Hunter: The Philanthus Aviporus
- Chapter XIV. The Great Peacock, or Emperor Moth
- Chapter XV. The Oak Eggar, or Banded Monk
- Chapter XVI. A Truffle-Hunter: The Bolboceras Gallicus
- Chapter XVII. The Elephant-Beetle
- Chapter XVIII. The Pea-Weevil— Bruchus Pisi
- Chapter XIX. An Invader.—The Haricot-Weevil
- Chapter XX. The Grey Locust
- Chapter XXI. The Pine-Chafer
- Fabre: Poet of Science