Collected from the Souvenirs entomologiques, these essays follow weevils in Jean-Henri Fabre’s fields and garden in Provence: the Larinus beetles that lay their eggs in thistle heads, acorn and nut borers, and the leaf-rollers that fashion neat cigars from leaves to shelter their larvae. Throughout he asks whether instinct can be explained by anatomy alone.
Patient observation and lively prose that make even the humblest beetle fascinating. Download the free EPUB.