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A sequence of natural-history essays offers close, patient observations of insects — beetles, bees, wasps, caterpillars, flies, spiders, and grasshoppers — emphasizing their life cycles and instincts. The author documents nest-building, the diverse crafts of cell construction, and the ways mothers provision and protect offspring, including methods for paralyzing prey and storing food. Clear descriptions of metamorphosis, feeding habits, and species-specific behaviors are interwoven with small experimental inquiries that test assumptions. Across the pieces, curiosity and meticulous observation illuminate how instinct, environment, and anatomy together shape survival strategies.

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Index

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A

Acarus, 150.

Ant, 16, 170, 198.

Anthidium, 219.

Aphis, 198.

Aphodius (see also Aphodius pusillus), 150, 172, 243.

Aphodius pusillus, 92.

Ass, 31.

Aurochs, 284.

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B

Barbier, Jules, 26 n.

Bat, 194.

Bee (see also Cotton-bee, Hive-bee, Mason-bee, Resin-bee), vii, 236, 269, 276.

Beetle, passim.

Bison (see Bison Onitis).

Bison Bubas (see Bison Onitis).

Bison Onitis, 3, 185, 257–262, 283, 286.

Black, Adam and Charles, xvii.

Black-bellied Tarantula (see Lycosa).

Blanchard, Émile, 12–13, 22–23.

Boa Constrictor, 162.

Broad-necked Scarab, 40, 112–117, 140, 188, 246.

Bubas (see also the varieties below), 38.

Bubas bison (see Bison Onitis).

Bubas bubalis, 3.

Bull, 184, 284.

Bull Onthophagus, 174–176, 181–182, 261, 263–292.

Buprestis, 189–190.

Butterfly (see also Psyche, White Cabbage Butterfly), 237, 269.

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C

Camel, 226.

Canary, 270.

Capricorn, 188.

Carré, Michel, 26 n.

Cat, 104, 249.

Century Co., xviii.

Cetonia (see also Cetonia aurata), 1, 164, 189, 233.

Cetonia aurata (see Golden Cetonia).

Chalicodoma, 161.

Chamois, 184.

Cicada, 28, 191, 239.

Clotho Spider, 269.

Cockchafer, 93, 198.

Copris (see also Isis Copris and the varieties below), xv, 4, 30, 34–35, 48–49, 117, 176, 187, 190, 204–205, 207, 209, 216, 218, 221, 223, 228, 231, 253, 255, 258–259, 261, 265, 270, 273, 277, 281, 291.

Copris hispanus (see Spanish Copris).

Copris lunaris (see Lunary Copris).

Cotton-bee (see also Anthidium), 97.

Cow, 249.

Cow Onthophagus, 173, 183, 265, 288.

Crane-fly, 1.

Cricket, 32, 239.

Crocodile, 104.

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D

Darwin, Charles Robert, 162.

Dermestes, 191.

Dog, xv-xvi, 52.

Donkey (see Ass).

Duckling, 255.

Dung-beetle, passim.

Dynastes Hercules, 288.

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E

Epeira, 269.

Eyed Lizard, 1–2. [294]

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F

Fabre, Mlle. Aglaé, the author’s daughter, 248.

Fabre, Paul, the author’s son, 239–240.

Fly, 150, 191–192, 269, 287.

Forked Onthophagus, 173–176, 182–183, 265, 283.

Franklin, Benjamin, 81.

Frisch, Johann Leonhard, 208–209.

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G

Gallic Bolboceras, xiii.

Garden Spider (see Epeira).

Geotrupes (see also the varieties below), xiii, xv, 40–41, 48–49, 67, 154, 164, 172, 189–234, 237, 258–260, 267, 273, 281.

Geotrupes hypocritus (see Mimic Geotrupes).

Geotrupes mutator, 195.

Geotrupes stercorarius (see Stercoraceous Geotrupes).

Geotrupes sylvaticus, 195.

Gnat, 226, 269.

Goat, 184.

Golden Cetonia, 231.

Gorilla, 162.

Ground-beetle, 189.

Gull (see Laughing Gull).

Gymnopleurus (see also the varieties below), xiii, 30–31, 34–35, 51, 110, 117–129, 140, 151–152, 164, 168, 187, 205, 223.

Gymnopleurus flagellatus, 118.

Gymnopleurus pilularius, 13–14, 118–119.

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H

Half-spotted Scarab, 39–40, 52, 112–113.

Hedgehog, 194.

Hen, 68, 165, 274.

Hister, 191.

Hive-bee, 16, 45, 170.

Horapollo, 102–107, 109–110, 163.

Horos Apollo (see Horapollo).

Horse, xi, 2, 26–27, 30, 61–62, 179, 207, 216.

Horse-leech, 2.

Hydrophilus, 2.

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I

Ibis, 104.

Illiger, Johann Karl Wilhelm, 13–14, 22–23.

Isis Copris, 163.

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J

Joseph, the groom, 30–31.

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L

Labyrinth Spider, 269.

La Fontaine, Jean de, 50.

Languedocian Scorpion, 278–279.

Latreille, Pierre André, 102–104, 238.

Laughing Gull, 2.

Limnæus, 2.

Linnæus, Carl, 258.

Lizard (see Eyed Lizard).

Locust, 239, 269, 279.

Lunary Copris, 3, 183, 248–257.

Lycosa, 269.

Lycurgus, vi.

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M

Macmillan and Co., Ltd., xvii.

Mademoiselle Mori, author of, xvii.

Mantis (see Praying Mantis).

Mason-bee (see Chalicodoma).

Massé, Victor, 26 n.

Miall, Bernard, xvii.

Midge, 236, 243.

Mimic Geotrupes, 3, 195, 203, 205, 208, 219.

Minotaur, Minotaurus (see Minotaurus typhœus).

Minotaurus typhœus, xiii, 3, 183–184, 267–268, 277, 279, 288.

Mite (see Acarus).

Mole, 192.

Monk Onthophagus, 173, 183.

Monkey, 180–181.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem de, 161.

Moses, 193. [295]

Mule, x-xi, 26–27, 42, 46, 61–62, 175, 179, 204, 207, 216, 265.

Mulsant, Étienne Marcel, 38 n, 94, 103–104, 208, 226.

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N

Necrophorus, 191.

Newt, 1.

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O

Oniticellus (see also Oniticellus flavipes), xvii, 176–181, 186, 281, 286.

Oniticellus flavipes (see Yellow-footed Oniticellus).

Onitis (see also Bison Onitis), 38, 48, 286.

Onthophagus (see also the varieties below), xiii, xv, xvii, 30–31, 34, 48, 150, 164, 168, 172–188, 190, 223, 227, 231, 263–292.

Onthophagus cænobita (see Monk Onthophagus).

Onthophagus fronticornis, 188.

Onthophagus furcatus (see Forked Onthophagus).

Onthophagus lemur (see Spectral Onthophagus).

Onthophagus nuchicornis, 173, 183, 265.

Onthophagus Schreberi (see Schreber’s Onthophagus).

Onthophagus taurus (see Bull Onthophagus).

Onthophagus vacca (see Cow Onthophagus).

Orus Apollo (see Horapollo).

Owl, 166, 194.

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P

Palæotherium, 41.

Pieris (see White Cabbage Butterfly).

Pigeon, 275–276.

Pill-rolling Gymnopleurus (see Gymnopleurus pilularius).

Pilularius flagellatus, 231–232.

Planorbis, 2.

Pock-marked Gymnopleurus (see Gymnopleurus flagellatus).

Pock-marked Scarab, 52.

Praying Mantis, 216, 269.

Proudhon, Pierre Joseph, 12.

Psyche, 198.

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R

Rabelais, François, 180.

Ram, 184.

Reindeer, 184.

Resin-bee (see Anthidium).

Rhinoceros, 183.

Rodwell, Miss Frances, xviii.

Rose-chafer (see Cetonia).

Rove-beetle (see Staphylinus).

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S

Sacred Beetle, viii–xviii, 1–129, 140, 143, 146–147, 151, 153–155, 163–164, 166, 168, 170, 176, 179, 181, 187, 204–207, 209–210, 221–223, 227–228, 231–232, 237, 239, 241, 246, 249, 265, 273–274, 276–277, 280–281, 284.

Sacred Scarab (see Sacred Beetle).

Saperda (see also Scalary Saperda), 272.

Scalary Saperda, 273.

Scarab (see also Sacred Beetle), 38–41, 112–113, 118, 120, 122, 140–141, 163, 190, 205, 216, 218, 223, 228, 232, 245, 258, 261, 268, 270, 273.

Scarabæus (see Scarab and the varieties below).

Scarabæus cicatrisosus (see Sacred Scarab).

Scarabæus laticollis (see Broad-necked Scarab).

Scarabæus sacer (see Sacred Beetle).

Scarabæus semipunctatus (see Half-spotted Scarab).

Scarred Scarab, 40.

Schæffer’s Sisyphus, 237–249.

Schreber’s Onthophagus, 92, 265.

Scolia, 84, 231.

Scorpion (see Languedocian Scorpion).

Sheep, x, xv-xvi, 2, 42, 46, 57, 61–62, 74, 91, 96, 118, 121, 129, 146, 176, 197, 207, 240, 253, 265–266, 275. [296]

Silpha, 191.

Sisyphus (see also Sisyphus Schæfferi), 51, 235–249, 258, 265, 267–368, 270.

Sisyphus Schæfferi (see Schæffer’s Sisyphus).

Snake, 192.

Spanish Copris, xiii, xvii, 3, 35, 46–47, 127–171, 183–184, 231–232, 237, 248–249, 252–254.

Sparrow, 120, 152.

Spectral Onthophagus, 173, 187, 265, 285–286.

Sphex, 84.

Spider (see also the several varieties), 241, 255, 269.

Stag, 184.

Staphylinus, 150.

Starfish, 249.

Steer, 258.

Stercoraceous Geotrupes, 3–4, 46–47, 195, 202, 205, 208, 214, 226.

Stickleback, 2, 217.

Swallow, 1, 236.

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T

Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander, xvii, 28 n, 84 nn, 97 n, 124 n, 168 n, 191 n.

Tick (see Acarus).

Titmouse, 270.

Toad, 72, 194, 217–218.

Turkey, 132.

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U

Unwin, T. Fisher, xvii.

Urquhart, Sir Thomas, 180 n.

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V

Vincent de Paul, St., 162.

Virgil, vii.

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W

Warbler, 198.

Wasp (see also the several varieties), 170, 236, 269.

Water-snail, 2.

Weevil, 198, 287.

Wheat-ear, 32.

White Cabbage Butterfly, 235.

Wren, 270.

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Y

Yellow-footed Oniticellus, 176–181, 283, 286.

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F.Z.S. Fellow of the Zoological Society