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Curious Facts in the History of Insects; Including Spiders and Scorpions.
Frank Cowan
Ladybirds, stag-beetles, gold-beetles, and dung-rollers have crawled through human folklore for ages. Cowan collects the curious facts and stories surrounding insects, spiders, and scorpions, order by order, blending entomology with history and legend. A treasury of six-legged lore. Discover the surprising place small creatures hold in the human imagination.
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80 chapters
- 1CURIOUS FACTS IN THE HISTORY OF INSECTS; INCLUDING SPIDERS AND SCORPIONS.
- 2PREFACE.
- 3CONTENTS.
- 4AUTHORS QUOTED.
- 5ORDER I. COLEOPTERA—BEETLES.
- 6Coccinellidæ—Lady-birds.
- 7Chrysomelidæ—Gold-beetles.
- 8Carabidæ.
- 9Pausidæ.
- 10Dermestidæ—Leather-beetles.
- 11Lucanidæ—Stag-beetles.
- 12Scarabæidæ—Dung-beetles.
- 13Dynastidæ—Hercules-beetle, etc.
- 14Melolonthidæ—Cock-chafers.
- 15Cetoniidæ—Rose-chafers.
- 16Buprestidæ—Burn-cows.
- 17Elateridæ—Fire-flies, Spring-beetles, etc.
- 18Lampyridæ.—Glow-worms.
+ 62 more. The full contents open with the book.
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