Fabre's book of insects

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Jean Henri Fabre, (nato il 22 dicembre 1823, Saint-Léons, p. — morto l'11 ottobre 1915, Sérignan-du-Comtat), entomologo francese famoso per i suoi studi sull'anatomia e il comportamento degli insetti. In gran parte autodidatta, Fabre fu nominato insegnante al liceo di Carpentras, p. (1842), fu nominato insegnante di fisica al liceo di Ajaccio, in Corsica (1843–51), e ottenne un posto di insegnante al liceo di Avignone (1853). Fabre ha svolto importanti ricerche sugli ordini di insetti Imenotteri (ad es. Api e vespe), Coleotteri (ad es. Scarafaggi) e Ortotteri (ad es. Cavallette, grilli). Sulla base delle sue osservazioni sulle azioni paralizzanti delle vespe in risposta alle zone stimolanti nelle loro prede, ha descritto l'importanza dell'istinto ereditario come modello di comportamento negli insetti. Nel 1866 isolò dalla pianta della robbia una sostanza colorante, poi identificata come alizarina, che divenne utile come colorante biologico. Ha scritto molti libri per diffondere la scienza. Sebbene Fabre non abbia mai accettato la teoria dell'evoluzione, il suo lavoro è stato rispettato da Darwin.

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Hailed by Darwin as "The Homer of Insects," famed French entomologist Jean Henri Fabre (1823–1915) devoted hours of rapt attention to insects while they hunted, built nests, and fed their families. Working in Provence, in barren, sun-scorched fields inhabited by countless wasps and bees, he observed their intricate and fascinating world, recounting their activities in simple, beautifully written essays. This volume, based on translations of Fabre's Souvenirs Entomologiques, blends folklore and mythology with factual explanation. Fabre's absorbing account of the scarab beetle's existence, for example, begins with the ancient Egyptians' symbolic view of this busy creature, eventually leading to a careful discussion of its characteristic method of rolling a carefully sculpted ball of food to its den. Elsewhere, he discusses with infectious enthusiasm the physiologic secrets behind the luminosity of fireflies, the musical talents of the locust, the comfortable home of the field cricket, and the cannibalism of the pious-looking praying mantis, among other topics. These charmingly related stories of insect life are a rare combination of scientific study and literary classic that will delight entomologists, naturalists, and nature lovers alike.

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