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By Jean-Henri Fabre
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A series of observational essays documents the biology and behavior of many beetle species, combining patient field experiments with descriptive natural history. It traces life cycles from larva to adult, examines feeding habits and dietary preferences, details nesting, burrowing, and reproductive behavior, and records anomalies and developmental curiosities. Individual chapters focus on groups such as Cetoniæ, Saprini, Dermestes, Trox, Minotaurus typhoeus, pine cockchafers, and metallic or gold beetles, highlighting their burrows, courtship, and food choices. Practical notes and careful observation aim to illuminate species-specific habits rather than advance sweeping theoretical claims.

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Title: More Beetles

Author: Jean-Henri Fabre

Translator: Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

Release date: January 19, 2022 [eBook #67201]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United States: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1922

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MORE BEETLES

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MORE BEETLES
BY
J. HENRI FABRE
TRANSLATED BY
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
FELLOW OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON
NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
1922

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Copyright, 1922
By DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, Inc.

PRINTED IN U. S. A. [v]

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TRANSLATOR’S NOTE

This, if we count The Life of the Weevil as the third, is the fourth and last volume on Beetles in the Collected English Edition of Fabre’s entomological works. The first was entitled The Sacred Beetle and Others; the second The Glow-worm and Other Beetles.

Of the fourteen chapters, part of the four devoted to the Minotaur appeared, in an abbreviated form, in The Life and Love of the Insect, prepared by myself for Messrs. Adam and Charles Black and published in America by the Macmillan Co. Similarly, The Pine Cockchafer and the two chapters on the Gold Beetles occur in Mr. Fisher Unwin’s Social Life in the Insect World (published in America by the Century Co.), translated by Mr. Bernard Miall, whom I take this opportunity of thanking for his assistance in the translation of the present volume. These seven chapters are included in the Collected Edition by arrangement with the publishers named.

Alexander Teixeira de Mattos.

Chelsea, 29 September, 1921. [vii]