Social Life in the Insect World pdf

让·亨利·法布尔（Jean Henri Fabre，1823 年 12 月 22 日出生于法国圣莱昂，1915 年 10 月 11 日卒于 Sérignan-du-Comtat），法国昆虫学家，以研究昆虫的解剖学和行为而闻名。 法布尔在很大程度上是自学成才的，他被任命为卡彭特拉中学的老师，神父。 （1842 年），在科西嘉岛阿雅克肖中学担任物理教师（1843-51 年），并在阿维尼翁中学（1853 年）获得了教学职位。 法布尔对膜翅目（例如蜜蜂和黄蜂）、鞘翅目（例如甲虫）和直翅目（例如蚱蜢、蟋蟀）进行了重要的研究。根据他对黄蜂对猎物刺激区域的反应的麻痹行为的观察，他描述了遗传本能作为昆虫行为模式的重要性。 1866 年，他从茜草植物中分离出一种着色物质，后来被确定为茜素，可用作生物染色剂。他写了很多书来普及科学。虽然法布尔从未接受进化论，但他的工作受到达尔文的尊重。

Social Life in the Insect World pdf 让-亨利·法布尔

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.