The Life of the Caterpillar
by J. Henri Fabre
translated by
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
Fellow of the Zoological Society of LondonThe Modern Library of the World's Best Books
Copyright, 1916, by DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, INC.Introduction [not reproduced here] copyrighted, 1925, by BONI & LIVERIGHT, INC.
Printed in the United States of America
CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION [not reproduced here] i
- I. THE PINE PROCESSIONARY: LAYING THE EGGS 9
- II. THE PINE PROCESSIONARY: THE NEST; THE COMMUNITY 27
- III. THE PINE PROCESSIONARY: THE PROCESSION 56
- IV. THE PINE PROCESSIONARY: METEOROLOGY 90
- V. THE PINE PROCESSIONARY: THE MOTH 111
- VI. THE PINE PROCESSIONARY: THE STINGING POWER 128
- VII. THE ARBUTUS CATERPILLAR 150
- VIII. AN INSECT VIRUS 161
- IX. THE PSYCHES: THE LAYING 186
- X. THE PSYCHES: THE CASES 217
- XI. THE GREAT PEACOCK 246
- XII. THE BANDED MONK 279
- XIII. THE SENSE OF SMELL 300
- XIV. THE CABBAGE-CATERPILLAR 331
- INDEX. [not reproduced here] 373
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