Published by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, this popular natural history follows insects through their changes: the nests and egg-rafts of gnats, water beetles and sand-boring wasps, the larva and its appetites, the strange transformations of the pupa, and the perfect insect, drawing freely on naturalists such as James Rennie.
An engaging old-fashioned introduction to entomology for curious readers young and old. Download the free EPUB.