Produced by Louise Pryor, Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net SOCIAL LIFE IN THE INSECT WORLD BY J. H. FABRE TRANSLATED BY BERNARD MIALL WITH 14 ILLUSTRATIONS LONDON T. FISHER UNWIN, LTD. ADELPHI TERRACE _First Edition_ 1911 _Second Impression_ 1912 _Third Impression_ 1912 _Fourth Impression_ 1913 _Fifth Impression_ 1913 _Sixth Impression_ 1915 _Seventh Impression_ 1916 _Eighth Impression_ 1916 _Ninth Impression_ 1917 _Tenth Impression_ 1918 _Eleventh Impression_ 1918 _Twelfth Impression_ 1919 (_All rights reserved_) [Illustration: 1. THE MANTIS. A DUEL BETWEEN FEMALES. 2. THE MANTIS DEVOURING A CRICKET. 3. THE MANTIS DEVOURING HER MATE. 4. THE MANTIS IN HER ATTITUDE OF PRAYER. 5. THE MANTIS IN HER "SPECTRAL" ATTITUDE. (See p. 76.)] CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE THE FABLE OF THE CIGALE AND THE ANT 1 CHAPTER II THE CIGALE LEAVES ITS BURROW 17 CHAPTER III THE SONG OF THE CIGALE 31 CHAPTER IV THE CIGALE. THE EGGS AND THEIR HATCHING 45 CHAPTER V THE MANTIS. THE CHASE 68 CHAPTER VI THE MANTIS. COURTSHIP 79 CHAPTER VII THE MANTIS. THE NEST 86 CHAPTER VIII THE GOLDEN GARDENER. ITS NUTRIMENT 102 CHAPTER IX THE GOLDEN GARDENER. COURTSHIP 111 CHAPTER X THE FIELD CRICKET 120 CHAPTER XI THE ITALIAN CRICKET 130 CHAPTER XII THE SISYPHUS BEETLE. THE INSTINCT OF PATERNITY 136 CHAPTER XIII A BEE-HUNTER: THE _PHILANTHUS AVIPORUS_ 150 CHAPTER XIV THE GREAT PEACOCK, OR EMPEROR MOTH 179 CHAPTER XV THE OAK EGGAR, OR BANDED MONK 202 CHAPTER XVI A TRUFFLE-HUNTER: THE _BOLBOCERAS GALLICUS_ 217 CHAPTER XVII THE ELEPHANT-BEETLE 238 CHAPTER XVIII