. The sacred beetle, and others [microform]. Beetles; Coléoptères. .mmm^i^^m^^Mi^im^^:^:ji. w ^, 1 1 The Sacred Beetle and Others comparable artists. The near kinswomen of the Onthophagus excel in making beautiful ovoids and pear-shaped gourds. She her- self, so tiny and so precise, ought to do even better. Well, the table deceives us, the formula lies: the Onthophagus is a very indifferent artist; her nest is a rudimentary piece of work, hardly fit to be acknowledged. I obtain it in profusion from the six species which I have brought up in my jars and flower-pots. The Bull Onthophagus alone p
. The sacred beetle, and others [microform]. Beetles; Coléoptères. .mmm^i^^m^^Mi^im^^:^:ji. w ^, 1 1 The Sacred Beetle and Others comparable artists. The near kinswomen of the Onthophagus excel in making beautiful ovoids and pear-shaped gourds. She her- self, so tiny and so precise, ought to do even better. Well, the table deceives us, the formula lies: the Onthophagus is a very indifferent artist; her nest is a rudimentary piece of work, hardly fit to be acknowledged. I obtain it in profusion from the six species which I have brought up in my jars and flower-pots. The Bull Onthophagus alone provides me with nearly a hundred; and I find no two precisely alike, as pieces should be that come from the same mould and the same workshop. To this lack of exact similarity, we must add inaccu'^acy ot shape, now more, now less accentuated. It is easy, however, to re- cognize among the bulk the pattern upon which the clumsy nest-builder works. It is a sack shaped like a thimble and standing erect, with the spherical thimble-end at the bottom and the circular opening at the top. Sometimes, the insect establishes itself in the central region of my apparatus, in the heart of the earthy mass; then, the resist- ance being the same in every direction, the sack-like shape is pretty accurate. But, 388. 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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