Social Life in the Insect World (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781530594825)

Fame is the daughter of Legend. In the world of creatures, as in the world of men, the story precedes and outlives history. There are many instances of the fact that if an insect attract our attention for this reason or that, it is given a place in those legends of the people whose last care is truth. For example, who is there that does not, at least by hearsay, know the Cigale? Where in the entomological world shall we find a more famous reputation? Her fame as an impassioned singer, careless of the future, was the subject of our earliest lessons in repetition. In short, easily remembered lines of verse, we learned how she was destitute when the winter winds arrived, and how she went begging for food to the Ant, her neighbour.

Author: Jean-Henri Fabre
ISBN-10: 1530594820
ISBN-13: 9781530594825
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 06/30/2016
Pages: 110
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.01w x 0.23d