Social Life in the Insect World PDF - جان هنري فابر

Fabre had many scholarly achievements. He was a popular teacher, physicist, chemist, and botanist. However, he is probably best known for his findings in the field of entomology, the study of insects, and is considered by many to be the father of modern entomology. Much of his enduring popularity is due to his marvelous teaching ability and his manner of writing about the lives of insects in biographical form.;Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; The Fable of the Cigale and the Ant; The Cigale Leaves its Burrow; The Song of the Cigale; The Cigale. The Eggs and Their Hatching; The Mantis.-The Chase; The Mantis.-Courtship; The Mantis.-The Nest; The Golden Gardener.-Its Nutriment; The Golden Gardener-Courtship; The Field-cricket; The Italian Cricket; The Sisyphus Beetle.-The Instinct of Paternity; A Bee-hunter: the Philanthus Aviporus; The Great Peacock, or Emperor Moth; The Oak Eggar, or Banded Monk; A Truffle-hunter: the Bolboceras Gallicus; The Elephant-Beetle.