Overview of entomology Chapter 1-29

Entomology is divided into ten volumes, and each volume is divided into 17 to 25 chapters. Each chapter describes the life of one or several insects in detail and in depth, and also includes some biographical articles about experiences and memories. In this book, the author describes that small insects obey the laws of nature and make unremitting efforts for survival and reproduction.

Based on his life-long experience and achievements in insect research, the author recorded the instinct, habits, labor and death of several common insects with emphasis on the external morphology and biological habits of insects he observed and studied.

In his works, each kind of insect has its own unique "notes": the "hardworking" ant that people admire is harmful to the interests of other insects; The wasp will build its own "planet" underground.

The cicada that quarreled all summer turned out to be deaf; The red striped bee will apply anesthesia as skillfully as a neurologist, so that the prey will be unconscious and not die, and the larvae will grow up on automatic fresh food; The beautiful peacock moth was born just to find a mate. It only has a life span of two or three days, and only has time to find a spouse in the world ... This is the most wonderful secret in the world-life.

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In addition, this book not only records Fables' research achievements in detail, but also records Fables' motivation, life ambition, knowledge background and life state of being obsessed with insect research.

Especially Alma Lab, Atavism, My School, Pond, Mathematical Memory: Newton Binomial, Mathematical Memory: My Little Table, Childhood Memories, An Unforgettable Lesson and Industrial Chemistry.

If we look at it from another angle, we might as well regard Insect as Fabres's autobiography, a very peculiar autobiography. Insects are only evidence of his research experience and circumstantial materials of his biography.