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Author : J. Henri Fabre
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Page : 338 pages
File Size : 21,72 MB
Release : 2015-08-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781332159284

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Excerpt from More Beetles This, if we count The Life of the Weevil as the third, is the fourth and last volume on Beetles in the Collected English Edition of Fabre's entomological works. The first was entitled The Sacred Beetle and Others; the second The Glow-worm and Other Beetles. Of the fourteen chapters, part of the four devoted to the Minotaur appeared, in an abbreviated form, in The Life and Love of the Insect, prepared by myself for Messrs. Adam and Charles Black and published in America by the Macmillan Co. Similarly, The Pine Cockchafer and the two chapters on the Gold Beetles occur in Mr. Fisher Unwin's Social Life in the Insect World (published in America by the Century Co.), translated by Mr. Bernard Miall, whom I take this opportunity of thanking for his assistance in the translation of the present volume. These seven chapters are included in the Collected Edition by arrangement with the publishers named. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : F. H. Chittenden
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 19,73 MB
Release : 2017-12-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781527771703

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Excerpt from The Green June Beetle Fig. 2. - Full-grown larva of green June beetle in natural position crawling on its back. Twice natural size. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Jean-Henri Fabre
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 42,83 MB
Release : 2017-10-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780266381693

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Excerpt from The Sacred Beetle and Others In the building of the nest, the family safeguard, we see the highest manifestation of the faculties of instinct. That clever architect, the bird, teaches us as much; and the insect, with its still more diverse talents, repeats the lesson, telling us that maternity is the supreme inspirer of instinct. Em trusted with the preservation of the species, which is of more importance than the preser vation of individuals, maternity awakens in the drowsiest intelligence marvellous gleams of foresight; it is the thrice sacred hearth where are kindled those mysterious psychic fires which will suddenly burst into flame and dazzle us with their semblance of infallible reason. The more maternity asserts itself, the higher does instinct ascend. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Ephraim Porter Felt
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 43,80 MB
Release : 2018-12-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780331843439

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Excerpt from Elm-Leaf Beetle in New York State This bulletin was prepared, first to bring prominently before the public the very destructive nature of this imported insect, and second to demonstrate that it can be controlled without great expense, provided intelligent direction is given to the matter. The life-history and habits Of this beetle have been given some what in detail because unless they are thoroughly understood, it is very easy to adopt means that are only partially successful or futile. In order to give the bulletin a more practical value, short accounts have also been included Of three other insects, which, working with the elm-leaf beetle, have aided greatly in ruining many noble elms. In the portion devoted to remedies prominence has been given to the cost of spraying per tree, the proper apparatus and the time and manner of application. It is surprising to see what mis takes some men make in dealing with insects and how they cling to methods of no value. To offset this tendency, two of the more common fallacies are mentioned and their futility shown. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : E. Hofmann
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 39,88 MB
Release : 2016-09-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781333446130

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Excerpt from The Young Beetle-Collector's Handbook The Coleoptera, or Beetles, form the largest of all the Orders of Insects, numbering, as is estimated, about species, whilst the total number of insects known is about In this country we have over species, which is about one-fourth of the British insect fauna. Beetles are distinguished from other insects by having a pair of hard or leathery wing-cases, or elytra, which cover the true wings, which are membranous. The elytra generally meet in a straight line down the back, known as the suture. The body of a beetle is divided into head, thorax, and abdomen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : J. Henri Fabre
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 15,70 MB
Release : 2017-12-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780484379021

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Excerpt from The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Lastly, Mr. Bernard Miall has earned my gratitude by the valuable assistance which he has given me in preparing the translation of the greater part of this volume. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Loren Bartlett Smith
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 38,77 MB
Release : 2018-04-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780366262045

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Excerpt from The Japanese Beetle It is difficult to say definitely in What year the introduction cc curred. It is known that nursery stock with soil about the roots was imported prior to 1912 into the vicinity where the infestation was first discovered, and the indications are that a few larvae of the Japanese beetle were introduced about that time. Undoubtedly a very few larvae were sufficient for the establishment of the pest in this country. Since the insect was originally discovered it has spread steadily in all directions. This dispersion is the result not only of the natural tendency of the insect to move outward in search of food and suitable breeding places, as the density of infestation increases year by year, and to be carried by such natural agencies as winds and waterways, but also of transportation through the agency of men. The latter is brought about by the movement of farm products of various kinds from the heavily infested districts, by the passage of vehicles of all sorts, and by pedestrians along the roads through the more densely infested portions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : William Jardine
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 30,82 MB
Release : 2018-08-02
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ISBN : 9780656202805

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Excerpt from The Naturalist's Library, Vol. 2: Entomology; Beetles John ray was born on the 29th November 1628, at a place named Black Notley, in Essex. Although the name of his family was Ray, he continued all the time he attended the university to write it Wray, a form in which it accordingly appears in the college registers, and in some of his earliest publi cations. This alteration was soon however aban doned, and he confesses himself to have adopted it inconsiderately, and contrary to the usage of his fore fathers. His parents were of humble condition, but they were enabled to provide for the liberal educa tion of their son. His early studies were pursued at the grammar school of Braintree, which was not far distant from the place of his birth. In his maturer years he used to lament that so much of his time had been spent there unprofitably, owing to the imperfect mode of education pursued - a complaint pretty generally applicable to such institutions at the period of which we speak. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : W. E. SHARP
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,4 MB
Release : 2018-12-24
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ISBN : 9780656003457

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Excerpt from Common Beetles of the British Uplands Beetles, like all other objects in nature, have their affinities, and have been divided by naturalists accord ing to those affinities into sections which correspond more or less with what we must believe to have been the course of their evolution in time. Now, it is not my desire, nor would it be consonant with the purpose of this little book, to weary the reader with the com plicated tables necessary to explain all these divisions but I think I may at least state that there are some eight major groups into which the order may in the first case be divided, and that these divisions depend principally on various structural differences of legs and antennae, as well as of habit. The first of these groups, the Adephaga, contains both land and water beetles; they all have long thin antenna of uniform thickness throughout, five joints to each tarsus (the tarsus being the last of the three sections of the leg, and analogous to our foot), they are rapid in movement and predaceous in habit. Some are represented on plate B., Fig. I, z, and 3. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Ambrose Bierce
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 33,81 MB
Release : 2015-07-17
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781440096686

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Excerpt from Black Beetles in Amber Most of the verses in this volume are republished from newspapers and periodicals of the Pacific Coast. Natu rally, the collection includes few not relating to per sons and events more or less familiar to the people of that interesting region - to whom, indeed, the volume may be considered as especially addressed, though not with out a hope that its contents may be found to have a sufficient intrinsic interest to commend it to others. In answer to the familiar criticism that the author has dealt mostly with obscure persons, unknown to fame, he begs leave to point out that he has done what he could to lessen the force of the objection by dispelling some part of their obscurity and awarding them such fame as he was able to bestow. If the work meet with acceptance commentators will doubtless be raised up to give them an added distinction and make exposition of the circumstances through which they took attention, whereby the work will have a growing interest to those with the patience to wait. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.