Social Life in the Insect World - Jean-Henri Fabre - Books - Independently Published - 9798704369226 - March 29, 2021
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Social Life in the Insect World

Jean-Henri Fabre

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Social Life in the Insect World

Book Excerpt: ... In this crowd of brigands the most aggressive are the ants. I have seen them nibbling the ends of the Cigale's claws; I have caught them tugging the ends of her wings, climbing on her back, tickling her antennæ. One audacious individual so far forgot himself under my eyes as to seize her proboscis, endeavouring to extract it from the well!Thus hustled by these dwarfs, and at the end of her patience, the giantess finally abandons the well. She flies away, throwing a jet of liquid excrement over her tormentors as she goes. But what cares the Ant for this expression of sovereign contempt? She is left in possession of the spring--only too soon exhausted when the pump is removed that made it flow. There is little left, but that little is sweet. So much to the good; she can wait for another drink, attained in the same manner, as soon as the occasion presents itself.[Illustration: DURING THE DROUGHTS OF SUMMER THIRSTING INSECTS, AND NOTABLY THE ANT, FLOCK TO THE DRINKING-PLACES OF THE...

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released March 29, 2021
ISBN13 9798704369226
Publishers Independently Published
Pages 234
Dimensions 127 × 203 × 12 mm   ·   235 g
Language English  

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