. The sacred beetle, and others [microform]. Beetles; Coléoptères. n. The Sacred Beetle and Others was she informed on the ground Hoor of what was happening in the How did she know that a larva up there was cluing for her assistance? The babe m tress screams and the- nurse comes runnmg up. The grub says nothing; it makes no sound. Its desperate gesticulations are not accom- panied by any noise. And the watcher hears this mute appeal. She notices the sdcncc, she sees the invisible. I am bewildered, every one would be bewildered by the mystery of these perceptions which are so foreig
. The sacred beetle, and others [microform]. Beetles; Coléoptères. n. The Sacred Beetle and Others was she informed on the ground Hoor of what was happening in the How did she know that a larva up there was cluing for her assistance? The babe m tress screams and the- nurse comes runnmg up. The grub says nothing; it makes no sound. Its desperate gesticulations are not accom- panied by any noise. And the watcher hears this mute appeal. She notices the sdcncc, she sees the invisible. I am bewildered, every one would be bewildered by the mystery of these perceptions which are so foreign to our nature and which " topsy turvy the understanding," as Montaigne would say. Let us pass on. , , . u ;«^ I have described elsewhere' the brutality with which the Bee, that most gifted of in- sects, treats the eggs of her fellows. Osmi^, Chalicodom^ and others perpetrate atroci- ties at times. In u moment of vcn^^cance or of that inexplicable aberration which occurs after the laying is finished, a sister s egg, avagdy torn ffom the cell with the pincers of the mandibles, is Hung into the dust-bm. The thing is pitilessly crushed, is npped open, is even eaten. ^ How different from the good- natured Copris! iCf. Thf Mason-hees and Bramble-bees and Others: tassiri.— Translator's Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Fabre, J. Henri (Jean Henri), 1823-1915. Toronto : McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart
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