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The Sacred Beetle, and Others

by Jean-Henri Fabre

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  1. 1Author’s Preface
  2. 2Translator’s Note
  3. 3Chapter I — The Sacred Beetle
  4. 4Chapter II — The Sacred Beetle in Captivity
  5. 5Chapter III — The Sacred Beetle: The Ball
  6. 6Chapter IV — The Sacred Beetle: The Pear
  7. 7Chapter V — The Sacred Beetle: The Modelling
  8. 8Chapter VI — The Sacred Beetle: The Larva
  9. 9Chapter VII — The Sacred Beetle: The Nymph; the Release
  10. 10Chapter VIII — The Broad-Necked Scarab; the Gymnopleuri
  11. 11Chapter IX — The Spanish Copris: The Laying of the Eggs
  12. 12Chapter X — The Spanish Copris: The Habits of the Mother
  13. 13Chapter XI — Onthophagi and Oniticelli
  14. 14Chapter XII — The Geotrupes: The Public Health
  15. 15Chapter XIII — The Geotrupes: Nest-Building
  16. 16Chapter XIV — The Geotrupes: The Larva
  17. 17Chapter XV — The Sisyphus: The Instinct of Paternity
  18. 18Chapter XVI — The Lunary Copris; the Bison Onitis
  19. 19Chapter XVII — The Bull Onthophagus: The Cell
  20. 20Chapter XVIII — The Bull Onthophagus: The Larva; the Nymph

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