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The Mason-Wasps
Jean-Henri Fabre and Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
The mason wasp builds cells of mud and stocks them with paralyzed prey for young it will never meet. Jean-Henri Fabre studies the Eumenes, the Odyneri, and the Pelopaeus, along with the strange aberrations of instinct. Precise, patient, and full of quiet astonishment. The master entomologist reveals the hidden architecture of the solitary wasps. Watch the little masons build and provision their walls.
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43 chapters
- 1CONTENTS
- 2TRANSLATOR’S NOTE
- 3THE MASON-WASPS
- 4CHAPTER I THE EUMENES
- 5CHAPTER II THE ODYNERI
- 6CHAPTER III THE PELOPÆUS
- 7CHAPTER IV THE AGENIÆ; THE PELOPÆUS’ VICTUALS
- 8CHAPTER V ABERRATIONS OF INSTINCT
- 9CHAPTER VI THE SWALLOW AND THE SPARROW
- 10CHAPTER VII INSTINCT AND DISCERNMENT
- 11CHAPTER VIII THE NEST-BUILDING ODYNERUS
- 12CHAPTER IX INSECT GEOMETRY
- 13CHAPTER X THE COMMON WASP
- 14CHAPTER XI THE COMMON WASP (continued)
- 15CHAPTER XII THE VOLUCELLA
- 16INDEX
- 17A
- 18B
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