[5] For the Narbonne Lycosa, or Black-bellied Tarantula, cf. The Life
of the Spider: chaps. i and iii to vi.—Translator’s Note.
[6] The enclosed paddock, or piece of waste land, in which the author
used to study his insects in their natural state. Cf. The Life of the
Fly: chap. i.—Translator’s Note.
[7] Or Large White Butterfly. Cf. The Life of the Caterpillar, by J.
Henri Fabre, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos: chap.
xiv.—Translator’s Note.
[8] Cf. The Life of the Grasshopper: chaps. xv and xvi.—Translator’s
Note.
[9] Pill-Millipedes.—Translator’s Note.
[10] Worm-like Millipedes.—Translator’s Note.
[11] Cf. The Glow-worm and Other Beetles, by J. Henri Fabre, translated
by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. Chaps. xv and xvi.—Translator’s Note.
[12] Tiger-Beetles.—Translator’s Note.
[13] Cf. The Life of the Grasshopper: chaps. vi to ix and in particular
chap. vii.—Translator’s Note.
[14] Cf. The Life of the Spider: chap vi.—Translator’s Note.
[15] Cf. idem: chap. xvi.—Translator’s Note.
[16] Or Garden Spiders. Cf. The Life of the Spider: chaps. ix to xiv.
and appendix.—Translator’s Note.
[17] Cf. The Life of the Grasshopper, by J. Henri Fabre, translated by
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos: chaps. vi to ix.—Translator’s Note.
[18] Cf. The Life of the Spider: chap. xvi.—Translator’s Note.
[19] Cf. The Life of the Grasshopper: chap. xviii.—Translator’s Note.
[20] Cf. idem: chap. vii.—Translator’s Note.
[21] Cf. More Hunting Wasps, by J. Henri Fabre, translated by Alexander
Teixeira de Mattos: chap. viii.—Translator’s Note.
[22] The Mantes are the only insects that can turn their heads to right
or left. Cf. The Life of the Grasshopper: chap. vi.—Translator’s Note.
[23] Cf. The Life of the Grasshopper: chaps. xviii and
xix.—Translator’s Note.
[24] Cf. The Life of the Grasshopper: chap. xviii.—Translator’s Note.
[25] Cf. The Life of the Grasshopper: chaps. xiii and xiv.—Translator’s
Note.
[26] Cf. The Life of the Grasshopper: chaps. xi to xiii.—Translator’s
Note.
[27] Cf. The Life of the Grasshopper: chaps. i to v.—Translator’s Note.
[28] Oryctes Nasicornis, the Rhinoceros Beetle.—Translator’s Note.
[29] The Glow-worm and Other Beetles: chap. vii.—Translator’s Note.
[30] The Scarabæi include the Sacred Beetle, the Copris and other
Dung-beetles. Cf. The Sacred Beetle and Others, by J. Henri Fabre,
translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos: chaps. i to x.—Translator’s
Note.
[31] Or Gold Beetle. Cf. More Beetles, by J. Henri Fabre, translated by
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos: chaps. xiii and xi.—Translator’s Note.
[32] Or Rose-chafer. Cf. idem: chap. i.—Translator’s Note.
[33] Cf. idem: chap. ix.—Translator’s Note.
[34] Cf. The Sacred Beetle and Others: chaps. xii to xiv.—Translator’s
Note.
[35] Cf. More Beetles: chap. i.—Translator’s Note.
[36] Cf. idem: chaps. xiii and xiv.—Translator’s Note.
[37] Cf. The Life of the Caterpillar: chaps. i to vi.—Translator’s
Note.
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