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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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Index

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A

Acherontia atropos, (see Death’s-head Hawk-Moth)

Adder, 35, 39

Ægosoma scabricorne, 191, 204, 228

Aleochra fuscipes, 49

African Leguminosa, (see Arachis)

African Scarabus, 247

Ajaccio, 247

Algeria, 247

Alstræmeria pelegrina, (see Inca Lily)

Anoxia, 24, 53, 213

Anthophoræ, 2, 86

Ants, 300, 301

Apicus, Marcus Gabius, 178

Arachis, 210

Ariadne, 72

Aromia moschata, (see Rose-scented Aromia)

Ateuchus, 259

Attelabus Beetle, 223

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B

Baucis, 98

Beaded Trox, 55–71

Bees, 2, 3, 86, 242, 243, 265, 273

Bison Ortis, 126

Big-Jawed Staphylinus, 49, 54

Bitter Sweet, 225

Black-berried Nightshade, 225

Black Chrysomela, 293

Bolboceras, 203, 205

Bossuet, Jacques B., 282

Brachycerus algirus, 226

Brillat-Savarin, Anthelme, 183

Broad-necked Scarab, 258

Bruchus, 216

Buprestes, 198, 216

Burrow, The, (see Minotaurus Typhœus)

Burying Beetle, 42, 47

Butterfly, 3, 4, 264

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C

Cabbage Butterfly, 3, 4

Candide, 167

Capricorn, 175, 176, 178, 187, 188, 189, 191, 199, 203, 204, 205, 207, 208, 209, 228, 234, 235, 264, 293

Carabus, 63, 198, 216

Carabus auratus, (see Gold Beetle)

Caterpillar, 216, 278, 289, 299, 314 [318]

Cave-bear, 281

Celonia caja, (see Tiger-Moth)

Cerambyx-beetles, 203, 231

Cerambyx credo, (see Small Capricorn)

Cerambyx heros, (see Great Capricorn)

Cerceres, 216

Cetoniæ, 1–33, 146–198, 212, 248, 251–256, 290

Cetonia aurata, (see Golden Cetonia)

Cetonia floricola, 248, 290

Cetonia Metallica, (see Metallic Cetonia)

Cetonia morio, (see Dark-Brown Cetonia)

Cetonia stictica, (see Funeral-pall Cetonia)

Cheese-rennet, (see Galium verum), 228

Choleva tristis, 70

Chondrilla juncea, 228

Chrysomela-beetle, 227, 290–293

Cicadæ, 199, 206, 209

Cichoriaceæ, 228

Common Capricorn, 190

Cockchafer, 24, 25, 213, 216, 303

Common Cockchafer, (see White Worm), 213

Corpris (Corpria), 66, 85, 96, 144, 156, 205

Cossus, 172–187, 228

Cricket, 206, 207, 227, 314

Cruciferæ, 226

Cut-leaved Podospermum, 228

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D

Dante, 163

Dark-Brown Cetonia, 15

Datura, 224

Death’s-head Hawk Moth, 224, 225

Decticus, 206, 207

Dermestis, 42–46

Dermestis Frischii, 42

Dermestis undulatus, 42

Devil’s Coach Horse, 50, 54

Dipteron, 266

Doré, Gustave, 51

Double-fruited Vetch, 211

Draba verna, (see Whitlow grass)

Dung Beetles, 9, 66, 97, 114, 120, 149, 154, 156, 158, 164, 237, 239, 242, 243, 259

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E

Earthworm, 216, 290, 291, 303

Egg-plant, 225

Ephippiges, 206, 313

Ergates faber, 187–191, 204, 228

Eritales, 2

Etna, 72, 74

Euphorbia characias, 225

Euphorbia Gerardiana, (see Gerard’s Spurge)

Euphorbia serrata, 226

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F

Field Cricket, 227

Fly, 34, 39, 40, 41, 217, 266

Fox, 64, 67, 70, 75, 299 [319]

Frisch’s Dermestes, 44

Fuller Beetle, (see Pine Cockchafer)

Fulvius Hirpinus, 181

Funeral-pall Cetonia, 15, 24, 25, 26

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G

Galium verum, 228

Garden Spider, 209

Gardener, The, (see Gold Beetle)

Geotrupes, 60, 68, 73, 92, 95, 98, 99, 146, 223, 256, 258, 273

Gerard’s Spurge, 226, 228

Gilbert, Nicolas Joseph Laurent, 166

Gold Beetle, 278–312

Golden Carabus, 63, 216

Golden Cetonia, 15, 25, 30, 33

Golden Rhynchites, 216

Grasshoppers, 227, 313

Great Capricorn, 175, 176, 178, 187, 188, 189, 191, 203, 209, 234, 235

Great Peacock Moth, 288, 293

Green Grasshopper, 313

Grey Flesh-Fly, 34, 39, 40, 41

Grey Slug, 289

Guele, 270

Gueule-de-loup, (see Snapdragon)

Gum-succory, (see Chondrilla juncea)

Gymnopleurus, 96, 259, 261

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H

Half-spotted Scarab, 258

Halictus zebra, 265

Hedgehog, (see Tiger-Moth)

Helexaspersa, (see Snail)

Hemipteron, 47, 48

Henbane, 224

Hive-bee, 3

Huber, François, 86

Hunting Wasp, 242

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I

Inca Lily, 273

Iris Beetle, 273

Iris-weevil, 216, 262

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J

Journeyman Blacksmith, (see Ergates faber)

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L

Languedocian Scorpion, 309, 313

Leguminosæ, 211, 228

Leopard Moth, 229

Les Cloches de Corneville, 208, 209

Linnæus, 34

Locusts, 136, 227, 263, 273, 317

Longicorn, 178, 191, 192, 235, 264, 265, 273

Long Horned Beetle, (see Longicorn)

Luciliæ, 40, 41

Lumbricus terrestris, (see Earthworm) [320]

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M

Machaon, (see Swallowtail Butterfly)

Mantis, 24, 53, 216, 314

Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, 268

Medicago falcata, (see Yellow Medick)

Melecta, 2

Melolontha fullo, (see Pine Cockchafer)

Metallic Cetonia, 8, 15, 16, 25

Minotaur, (see Minotaurus Typhœus)

Minotaurus Typhœus, 72–171, 238, 246

Minos’s Bull, 72

Mole, 44, 49, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58

Mont Ventoux, 263, 312

Moths, 3, 58, 224, 225, 229, 264, 287, 288, 290, 293

Mufle, 270

Muflier, (see Snapdragon)

Myodites subdipteres, 265, 273

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N

Necrophorus, (see Burying-beetle)

Necrophorus vestigator, (see Burying Beetle)

Necydalis major, 264, 265, 273

Nut-weevil, 216

Nux vomica, 226

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O

Oak-worm, 175

Onthophagi, (see Dung Beetles)

Orange-berried Nightshade, 225

Ortalons, 178, 179

Oryctes nasicornis, (see Rhinoceros Beetle)

Osmiæ, 2, 136

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P

Panurge, 134

Pedestrian Locust, 273

Personatæ, 272

Pezzotettyx pedestris, 263

Philemon, 98

Pierio Caterpillar, 289

Pine Bombyx, 286

Pine Caterpillar, 278

Pine Cockchafer, 194–214

Pine Processionary, (see Pine Bombyx)

Pliny, 174, 176, 181, 182, 195, 196, 197

Pock-marked Scarab, 258

Podospermum laciniatum, (see Cut-leaved Podospermum)

Polistes, 3

Praying Mantis, 303, 309, 313

Protozoon, 236

Psyches, 264

Pterotheca nemansensis, 228

Pubiaceæ, 228

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R

Rabbit, 64, 67, 70, 75

Réaumur, René A. F. de, 34, 35, 225

Reduvius, 47

Rhinoceros Beetle, 11, 24, 25, 198, 212

Rosaceæ, 229

Rose, 267 [321]

Rose-chafer, (see Golden Cetonia)

Rose-scented Aromia, 204

Roover Beetle, (see Staphylini)

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S

Saprini, 34–42

Saprini subnitidus, 40

Saprini detersus, 40

Sarcophagæ, 41

Sardine, 297

Saperdæ, 235, 237

Sarcophaga carnaria, (see Grey-Flesh-fly), 34, 39, 40, 41

Scorpion, 114, 309, 313

Scarabus, 66, 247, 258, 259, 261, 273

Scalary Saperda, 229

Sérignan, 247

Sesiæ, 3

Shagreen Saperda, 229

Sheep Scarab, (see Minotaurus Typhœus)

Silpha, 45, 46

Silpha rugosa, 46

Silpha sinuata, 46

Sisyphus, 96, 261

Slug, 216, 289, 299

Small Capricorn, 204, 208, 228, 231, 235, 264, 293

Snapdragon, 270

Snail, 294, 295, 296, 298, 303, 310, 314

Solanaceæ, 224

Solanum, 225

Solanum lycopersicum, (see Tomato)

Solanum melongena, (see Egg Plant)

Solanum nigrum, (see Black-berried Nightshade)

Solanum villosum, (see Orange-berried Nightshade)

Spanish corpris, 203

Spider, 114, 209

Spotted Larinus, 216

Spotted Sapera, 229

Spotted Saprinus, 37

Spurred Alydus, 47, 48

Spurge, 225, 226, 288

Spurge Hawk-Moth, 225, 288

Stag-beetle, 175, 176, 199

Staphylini, 48, 49, 50, 54, 266, 273

Staphylinus maxillossus, 49, 54

Staphylinus olens, (see Stinking Staphylinus)

Stercoraceous Gestrupes, 218, 219

Stinking Staphylinus, 50, 54

Subterranean Vetch, (see Double-Fruited Vetch)

Swallowtail Butterfly, 4

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T

Terra, 72

Theseus, 72, 73

Tiger-Moth, 287

Timarcha tenebricosa, (see Chrysomela-beetle)

Tineæ, 58

Toad, 229, 300, 301

Tobacco, 224

Tomato, 225

Trifolium repens, (see White Clover)

Trox perlatus, (see Beaded Trox) [322]

Typhœus, (see Typhon)

Typhon, 72

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V

Vicia amphicarpos, (see Double-Fruited Vetch)

Vitrinæ, 53

Voltaire, 167

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W

Wasps, 3, 242, 243, 265

Wavy Dermestes, 43, 44

Weevils, 216, 317

White Clover, 228

White-faced Decticus, 313

White Worm, (see Common Cockchafer)

Whitlow Grass, 253

Wrinkled Silpha, 46

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Y

Yellow Medick, 228

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Z

Zeuzera, (see Leopard Moth)