He is known as the "Insect Poet", and a large number of his works have been translated and published in our country. "Insect Diary" is Fabre's lifelong time and energy to observe in detail the life of insects and their struggle for survival and reproduction of the species, and then recorded detailed and accurate notes based on his observations, and finally compiled it into a book. "Insects" consists of ten volumes, each containing several chapters. Each chapter describes the life of one or several insects in detail and profoundly: spiders, bees, praying mantises, scorpions, and cicadas. Catalog of works 01 On Ancestors 02 Mysterious Pond 03 Glass Pond 04 Caddisworm 05 Dung Beetle 06 Cicada 07 Mason Bee 08 Praying Mantis 09 Bee, Cat and Red Ant 10 Tunneling Miner Bee 11 Firefly 12 Tubeworm 13 Woodcutter Saw Bee 14 Mining Cotton wasps and fat-picking bees15 Homemade Spanish Rhinoceros16 Two kinds of strange grasshoppers17 Wasps18 The adventure of grubs19 Crickets20 Petite red wasps21 Sisis22 Flycatchers23 Parasites24 Metabolic workers25 Pine caterpillars 26 The cabbage caterpillar 27 The peacock moth 28 The beetle looking for the blight fungus 29 The insect-loving child 30 The striped spider 31 The wolf spider 32 The Crusoe spider 33 The labyrinth spider 34 The architecture of the spider's web 35 The geometry of the spider 36 The spider's telegraph wire 37 Novel reading online /f?kz=132699136 Comments after reading "Insects" After reading "Insects", this book fascinated me. It turns out that there are so many mysteries in the insect world. I know: how do cicadas shed their shells in the early morning; how do cicadas shed their shells? How beetles roll dung balls; how ants eat aphid secretions. It was also clarified that "son of the borer" is wrong. The bees catching caterpillars are not raising them as their own sons, but are arranging food for their offspring. The first time I read "Insects", it attracted me somehow. This is a popular science book describing the birth, work, hunting and death of insects. The plain text is fresh and natural; the humorous narrative is hilarious... Humanized insects appear on the stage. What a strange and interesting story! Fabre's "Insects" made me feel less dreamy. Those specific and detailed words made me feel the presence of a magnifying glass, moisture, stars, and the smell of insects from time to time, as if I was at the scene. The figures of insects and their arrogant calls that I had ignored for too long suddenly gathered together. I held my breath, and then, they penetrated the darkness of my heart. It was Fabre who made me see the amazing similarities between insects and us humans on many issues such as life and death, labor and plunder. "Insect Diary" is not a world created by the writer. It is different from novels. They are the most basic facts! Every day and every night of Fabre's life is lonely, quiet, almost isolated from the world, loneliness and hardship. I raised my head. At this moment, I really wanted to raise my head and look at the mystery of the existence of insects like looking up at the stars. It brought me into a vivid world of insects for the first time. So, I continued to read "Insects". Then read on, "Insect Diary" is an interesting story: "The mantis is a very ferocious animal, but in the early stages of its life, it will also be sacrificed by the claws of the smallest ant." Spider. Weaving a net, "Even if tools such as compasses and rulers are used, no designer can draw a more standardized net than this." The rich storyline made me think a lot. As I watched, these bugs gradually became clearer, and I thought: If we protect the environment and don't pollute it, will these bugs still be there? Will the current environmental deterioration happen again in the future? I carefully thought about the relationship between them. This time I read "Insects" and opened a new door for me. When I continued to read "Insects", I saw Fabre meticulously observing the journey of caterpillars. I saw him catching wasps regardless of danger. I saw him making bold assumptions, cautious experiments, and repeatedly scrutinizing the experimental process and data. One step at a time, he inferred the action time and effect of the venom sting of the sturgeon, the preying process of fireflies, the way flycatchers handle their prey, and the long-distance communication of peacock moths... One experiment failed. He collected data, analyzed the reasons, and turned around to design another one. .Rigorous experimental methods, bold questioning spirit, and diligent style. This time, I felt the "scientific spirit" and its profound connotation. Entomologist Fabre cared about the nature of insects with human nature, and went through great pains to write the masterpiece "Insects", leaving a treasure of prose rich in knowledge, interest, beauty and thoughts to the world. Its writing is lively and lively, its tone is relaxed and humorous, and it is full of fun. In the author's description, the willow beetle is like a miser, wearing a short tuxedo that seems to be "missing some fabric"; the little beetle "makes selfless sacrifices for its offspring and breaks its heart for its offspring"; and A sparrow bitten by a poisonous spider will also "eat happily. If we feed slowly, it will even cry like a baby." What a cute little creature! No wonder Lu Xun regarded "Insects" as a model for "talking about insect life". I admired Fabre's dedication to exploring nature. It made me feel that insects are closely related to the environment, and it also made me feel the author's originality and subtle observations. "Insect Diary" has broadened my horizons, I have a different perspective on problems, and my understanding of problems will be deeper than before. I think "Insects" is a good book worth reading in a lifetime. I think no matter who you are, as long as you read "Insects" carefully, read out the taste and impressions, you will definitely know more. About the author: December 22, 1823, Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre, French entomologist, animal behaviorist, and writer. Born in a farming family in the village of Saint-Ren in Provence, France. In the following years, Fabre spent time at his grandparents' house in Maraval, not far from the village. At that time, as a young man, he was already attracted by the lovely insects such as butterflies and grasshoppers in the countryside. In 1829, Fabre returned to Saint-Réne to start school, but that childhood period has always been deeply engraved in his heart. In 1833, the Fabre family came to Rodez, and his father made a living by running a cafe. In 1837, the family moved to Toulouse. Fabre entered the seminary in Toulouse, but dropped out midway and went out to make a living. He worked on the railway and sold lemons in the market. Later, he passed the selection examination for the Normal School of Avignon, received a scholarship, and after three years of study received a diploma from higher education. After graduation, Fabre, who was nineteen years old, began his teaching career in Cabentela, teaching the history of natural sciences. In 1849 he was appointed physics teacher in Ajaccio, Corsica. The island's beautiful natural scenery and rich species ignited his passion for studying plants and animals. The botanist Le Guin of Avignon imparted his knowledge to him. After that, he followed Mokan Tangtong to collect flower and plant specimens. This knowledgeable and talented teacher laid a solid foundation for Fabre to later become a naturalist and embark on the path of scientific research. In 1853, Fabre returned to mainland France, was employed at a school in Avignon, and moved his family into a simple house on Dyer Street in the Saint-Dominique neighborhood. In 1857, he published "Observations on the Habits of the Arthroplasty". This paper corrected the erroneous views of Léon Dufour, the founder of entomology at the time, and won praise from the French Academy and was awarded the Prize for Experimental Physiology. . During this period, Fabre also devoted his energy to the research of the natural dye madder or alizarin. The red color on the French soldiers' military trousers at that time came from madder powder. In 1860, Fabre received three patents for such research. Later, Fabre was invited by Victor Druid, the Minister of Education of the Republic of Korea, to be responsible for the organization and teaching of an adult night school, but his free teaching methods caused dissatisfaction among some people. So he quit his job and settled down with his family in Orange, where they stayed for more than ten years. During these more than ten years, Fabre completed the first volume of "Insects" which later became ten volumes. During this period, he went to Wandu Mountain with his friends many times to collect plant specimens. In addition, he also got acquainted with the British philosopher Mill, but Mill died young, so that the plan they had previously planned, the "Vaucluse Vegetation Grand View," was aborted.
At the same time, a great misfortune befell Fabre: he had six children. Among them, the only son Jules, who had the same interests as his father and loved observing nature, passed away at the age of sixteen. After that, Fabre dedicated several plants he discovered to Jules, who died young, to express his memory. The study of fungi has always been one of Fabre's hobbies. In 1878, he wrote many wonderful academic articles on the subject of fungi in Vaucluse. He also studied the wild rice in great detail and described its aroma in detail. Gourmets claim that they can taste all the flavors he described from real wild rice. In 1879, Fabre bought the barren stone garden in Selignan [font color=#000000] and lived there until his death. This is a barren and barren land, but it is a land loved by insects. In addition to being a place for his family to live, it also has his study room, studio and experimental field, where he can quietly concentrate on thinking and devote himself wholeheartedly to his work. Through various observations and experiments, it can be said that this is the world he has always dreamed of. It was here that Fabre, while conducting observations and experiments, compiled the observation notes, experimental records and scientific notes he had spent studying insects in the first half of his life, and completed the last nine volumes of "Insects". Today, this former residence has become a museum, quietly located in the botanical garden with a rich Provence style. [/font] Fabre persisted in self-study throughout his life. He obtained a bachelor's degree in business, a bachelor's degree in mathematics, a bachelor's degree in natural sciences, and a doctorate in natural sciences. He was proficient in Latin and Greek. He loved the works of the ancient Roman writer Horace and the poet Virgil. work. He was also almost self-taught in painting and watercolor, and left many exquisite illustrations of fungi that were praised by Nobel Prize winner and French poet Frederic Mistral. In Fabre's later years, the success of "Insects" won him the reputation of "Homer of the Insects" and "Poet of Science", and his achievements were widely recognized by society. Although Fabre received many scientific titles, he remained as simple as ever, shy and humble, and lived a life of poverty. His talent was admired by literati and scholars at that time, including British biologist Darwin, 1911 Nobel Prize winner for literature - Belgian playwright Maeterlinck, German writer Junger, French philosopher Bergson, poet Ma Latin American and Provence writers Roumanier and others. Because "Insects" accurately recorded Fabre's experiments and revealed many secrets about insect life and living habits, Darwin called Fabre an "inimitable observer." When he lived in Selignan, many scholars and writers came to visit him. Fabre received scholars such as Pasteur and the British philosopher Mill in his residence, but his correspondence with them was not frequent. Victor Druid, Minister of Education of the Republic of China, recommended Fabre to Napoleon III, who awarded him the Order of Honor. French politician Raymond Poincaré was passing through Selignan and made a special detour to pay his respects to the Stone Park. Fabre, who had multiple identities, wrote a wide variety of works: as a naturalist, he left many academic treatises on plants and animals, including "Madder: Patents and Treatises", "Animals of Avignon", "Wild Wilds", " "Toadstools on the Olive Trees", "Phylloxera", etc.; as a teacher, he wrote many chemical physics textbooks; as a poet, he wrote many poems in Provence in southern France, and was affectionately called by the locals He is a "gadfly poet". In addition, he also translated the works of some Provence poets into French; in his spare time, he also used his small harmonica to compose some ditties. However, the longest, most important, and most well-known of Fabre's works is still "Insects". This work not only demonstrates his talents in scientific observation and research and literary talent, but also conveys his humanistic spirit and incomparable love for life to readers.