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The Life and Love of the Insect
Jean-Henri Fabre and Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
The sacred beetle rolls its ball of dung like a small planet, shaping and burying it with uncanny skill. Jean-Henri Fabre watches the insect at work and love, chapter by patient chapter. Tender, precise, and full of wonder at the drama in a dung heap. The great entomologist turns a beetle into a hero. Kneel in the field and watch life at its smallest.
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40 chapters
- 1AGENTS
- 2TRANSLATOR’S NOTE
- 3CONTENTS
- 4LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 5THE SACRED BEETLE
- 6THE LIFE AND LOVE OF THE INSECT CHAPTER I THE SACRED BEETLE
- 7CHAPTER II THE SACRED BEETLE: THE PEAR
- 8CHAPTER III THE SACRED BEETLE: THE MODELLING
- 9CHAPTER IV THE SACRED BEETLE: THE GRUB, THE METAMORPHOSIS, THE HATCHING-CHAMBER
- 10THE SPANISH COPRIS
- 11CHAPTER V THE SPANISH COPRIS
- 12THE ONTHOPHAGI
- 13CHAPTER VI THE ONTHOPHAGI
- 14CHAPTER VII A BARREN PROMISE
- 15A DUNG-BEETLE OF THE PAMPAS
- 16CHAPTER VIII A DUNG-BEETLE OF THE PAMPAS
- 17THE GEOTRUPES
- 18CHAPTER IX THE GEOTRUPES: THE PUBLIC HEALTH
+ 22 more. The full contents open with the book.
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