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1. The fable of the cicada and the ant

This fable tells that before winter is coming, many animals have to prepare for the winter. Prepare, the always lazy cicada not only does not prepare for the winter, but also laughs at the stupidity of the ants and other animals who are storing food for the winter. When the cold winter really came, other animals spent the winter safely, but the lazy cicada had no food to eat, so he was drowned and buried to death by the heavy snow while looking for food in the snow.

2. Cicada and Ant

Ant and Cicada After an autumn rain, the green leaves and grass changed into golden clothes. When the sun came out, the ant brothers began to prepare food for the winter. They came to the tree, collected the fruits that fell from the tree, arranged them neatly under the tree to dry, and then transported them home bit by bit.

3. The cicada emerges from the burrow

After the grub [that is, the larvae of the cicada] breaks through the shell and leaves the fibrous branches, it waits until the tentacles can swing freely. The legs are relatively strong and can be retracted freely, and the claws on the front can also be retracted. Then they swayed and fell down. They were very smart and found the place to fall when they were in the tree. Finally, they found the place and started working immediately without losing a moment.

4. Mantis Predation

When the prey moves within the prey range of the mantis, the mantis will react. First, turn your head in the direction of the prey and stare at the prey closely. Then the front feet (paws) tighten, the center of gravity moves back, and the eyes never take away from the prey. When the time is right, the mantis will capture the prey at an extremely fast speed, pierce its claws into the prey's body, hold on tightly, and gnaw on it.

5. Gray Locust

The life of a locust begins with a fertilized egg. The larvae that have just hatched from the eggs have no wings and can jump. They are called jumping nymphs. The shape and living habits of jumping flies are similar to those of adults, except that their bodies are smaller and their reproductive organs are not mature, so they are also called nymphs. The nymph gradually grows up. When it is restricted by the exoskeleton and cannot grow any longer, it sheds its original exoskeleton. This is called molting.

6. Green grasshopper

The grasshopper attacked the cicada early in the morning when it was high in the tree while it was resting. The cicada was suddenly startled when it was attacked and disemboweled alive. Then the attacker and the attacked fell into a ball.

7. Languedoc Scorpion

Languedoc Scorpion, this arthropod has a mysterious habit. There is a six-section body at the end of its tail, with a smooth surface and a bubble shape. It is a small gourd for making and storing poisonous juice. The appearance of a scorpion looks like water, but it is extremely poisonous, and the end of the poison cavity is a curved sting, which is dark and sharp. There is a small hole on the tip of the needle, and the venom flows from here into the body of the person being stung. Languedoc scorpions are also very interesting when mating.

8. Spine-headed mantis

In a metal cage, the larvae of Spine-headed Praying Mantis remain unchanged after stopping in one place. It hooked the net with the tips of its four hind paws, with its back facing down, motionless, hanging high on the top of the cage, with its four hanging points bearing the weight of its entire body.

The upside-down perching position is so difficult, but the fly's upside-down position is completely different. Although the fly is also hanging on the ceiling, it always takes time to relax, fly casually, walk around in a normal posture, with its belly on the ground, and its limbs stretched out to bask in the sun.

9. Striped spiders and silky spiders

Among the six species of garden spiders, only two species usually rest in the center of the web, namely the striped spiders and the silky spiders. Even if they are scorched by the scorching sun, they will never leave the net easily to rest in the shade.

As for other spiders, they are never seen during the day. Their own method is to work and rest at the same time. Not far from their net, there is a hidden place made of leaves and threads. During the day they hide here, quietly, immersed in deep contemplation.

10. Elytra

Their bodies are bulging, like half a pea, and the elytra are smooth or downy. The usually black elytra have red or yellow markings, or red or yellow. There are black markings on the elytra, but some ladybugs have yellow, red or brown elytra without spots. These bright colors have a warning effect and can scare away natural enemies.

11. Tubeworm

Common cicadas like to lay their eggs on dry branches. It selects the smallest branches, most of which are as big as between dead grass and a pencil. These twigs rarely hang down, but usually turn upward, and are almost dead.

The cicada finds a suitable twig and uses a sharp tool on its chest to prick it with a row of small holes that look like piercing it diagonally with needles. A dead branch is often pricked with thirty or forty holes. Its eggs are laid in these small holes. About ten eggs are usually laid in each small hole, and the total number is about three hundred or four hundred.

12. Cicada's eggs

When spring comes, people who can see anything in the world clearly as long as they have a pair of eyes, stand in the dilapidated walls and dusty A rather strange little thing can be found on the road or in the open land.

It was a small bundle of firewood. I don’t know why, but it could move freely on its own, jumping and jumping forward. Inanimate things have become living things, and things that cannot move can actually beat. What is going on?

13. Woodcutter bees

We know that there are many bees like woodcutter bees that cannot build their own nests, but only live in other places. Animals use nests left behind or abandoned as shelter. Some bees will live in the former homes of mason bees, some will live in the tunnels of earthworms or in the empty shells of snails, some will occupy the branches where the mining bees once occupied, and some will move into the former homes of the digger bees. Living sand pit.

14. Cotton-picking bees and fat-picking bees

If you take a walk in the garden, you will find some delicate little holes on the leaves of lilacs or roses, with round holes. There are also oval shapes, as if someone had cut them with clever techniques.

They do this because these small clipped leaves are so important in their lives. They gather these many small leaves into needle-shaped pouches, which can store honey and eggs. Each wood wasp's nest contains a dozen hoop-shaped bags that overlap one another.

15. Homemade Spanish rhinoceros head

I hope you still remember the sacred beetle, which consumes its time and makes a pear-shaped nest that can be used as both food and pear-shaped nest. The base of the ball.

After observing this beetle at work for a long time, I began to doubt that my instinct to praise it so much was perhaps wrong. Do they really care about their little larvae and prepare the softest and most suitable food for them?

16. Two kinds of strange grasshoppers

Surrounding the countryside of Carpentras The high embankment area of ??the sandy land is a favorite place for wasps and bees to visit. Why do they like this place so much?

The reason is mainly because the sunshine in this area is very abundant, and this area is also very easy to dig, which is very suitable for wasps and bees to live and work here. In weather like this in May, there are two main types of bees that are particularly abundant.

17. Wasps

One day in September, my youngest son Paul and I ran out to see a wasp's nest.

Little Paul pointed to a place not far away and shouted to me: "Look! A wasp's nest. Right over there, a wasp's nest, it's clearer than anything else!"

Sure enough, about twenty yards away, little Paul saw something moving very fast, leaping up from the ground one by one, and immediately flying away quickly, as if they were hiding in the grass. Looking at the small volcanic crater that is about to erupt, it looks like it is about to erupt one by one.

18. The Adventure of Grub

The sea is the place where living things first appeared. There are still many kinds of strange-shaped animals that make it impossible for people to count their specific numbers or distinguish them. their specific species.

These primitive models of the animal kingdom are preserved in the depths of the ocean. This is what we often say, the ocean is a priceless treasure trove for mankind, and it is one of the important conditions for human survival.

19. Sisis

I hope you are not tired of hearing about the strange things about the beetles making balls in Qingdao. I have already told you about the sacred beetle and the Spanish rhinoceros, and now I would like to tell you about some other species of this animal.

Except among higher animals, good fathers are rare. Birds are excellent in this respect, and humans are best able to fulfill this obligation. Among lower animals, the father is indifferent to family affairs. Few insects are exceptions to this rule.

20. Petite red bee

The nest of the red bee is built in loose soil that is very easy to drill through. On both sides of the path, on the mudflats where the sun shines, the grass grows sparsely in those places, which are the ideal habitats for wasps. In the spring, early April, we can always find them in places like this.

21. Crickets

Crickets that live in the grass are almost as famous as cicadas. They perform quite well among countless model insects. It is so famous mainly because of its residence, but also because of its outstanding singing talent.

22. Flycatchers

You already know how red wasps and wasps paralyze caterpillars or crickets to feed their young, and then how to seal the hole and leave the nest to fly elsewhere. go. But not every bee lives like this. Now you are about to hear about another bee that feeds its young fresh food every day. This is the flycatcher bee.

23. Parasites

In August and September, we should go to the bare mountain gorges that are burned by the sun. Let us find a place facing the sun. The slopes are often too hot to touch because the sun has almost scorched them.

It is precisely this place with a furnace-like temperature that is the target of our observation. Because it is in this kind of place that we can gain a lot. This hot land is often a paradise for wasps and bees.

24. Metabolic workers

There are many insects that do extremely valuable work in this world, although they have never received corresponding rewards or commensurate benefits for it. title. When you approach a dead mole and see ants, beetles, and flies swarming around it, you might get goosebumps and run away.

You would think they were all horrible, dirty insects, disgusting. This is not the case, they are busy cleaning up the world. Let us observe a few of these flies, and we will know how beneficial their actions are to humans and the entire natural world.

25. Pine Caterpillar

In my garden, there are several pine trees planted. Every year caterpillars come to this pine tree to make a nest, and they almost eat up all the pine leaves. To protect our pine trees, I was exhausted every winter having to destroy their nests with long forks.

You greedy little caterpillar, it’s not that I’m rude, it’s that you are too presumptuous. If I don't drive you away, you will take over the spotlight. I will never again hear the pine trees laden with needles whispering in the wind.

26. Cabbage Caterpillar

Cabbage is almost the oldest of all our vegetables. We know that people in ancient times have already begun to eat it.

In fact, it has existed on the earth for a long time before humans started eating it, so we really have no way of knowing when exactly it appeared and when humans first ate it. How to grow them? Botanists tell us that it was originally a wild plant with long stems and small leaves that grew on coastal cliffs.

History does not want to spend too much time recording such small things.

27. Peacock Moth

The Peacock Moth is a very beautiful moth. The largest of them comes from Europe, is covered in reddish-brown down, has a white bow tie around its neck, and is speckled with gray and brown dots on its wings.

Running across the middle is a faint zigzag line. There is a gray-white edge around the wings. There is a big eye in the center with shiny black pupils and eyelids made of many colors, including black. , white, maroon and purple curved lines. This moth is transformed from a very beautiful caterpillar. Their body is yellow with blue beads embedded on it. They live by eating almond leaves.

28. Beetles looking for mushrooms

Let’s talk about beetles looking for mushrooms now.

This is a beautiful beetle, small, black, with a white velvet belly, round in shape, like the pit of a cherry, when it rubs its belly with the edge of its wings When it does, it will make a soft "chirp" sound, just like the sound a bird makes when it sees its mother coming back with food. The male beetle also has a beautiful horn on its head.

29. Children who love insects

Nowadays, many people always like to attribute all people’s character, talents, hobbies, etc. to heredity. That is to say, it is recognized that the wisdom of human beings and all animals comes from their ancestors. I don't entirely agree with this view. I will now use my own story to prove that my love of insects is not inherited from any ancestor.

My maternal grandfather and maternal grandmother never had the slightest interest or affection for insects. I don’t know much about my grandfather, I only know that he went through some pretty hard times.

30. Striped Spider

No matter who you are, you probably don’t like winter. During this season, many bugs hibernate. But that doesn’t mean you don’t have bugs to watch. At this time, if an observer is searching in the sand where the sun can shine, or removing stones from the ground, or searching in the woods, he will always find something very interesting, which is a real thing. of artwork.

Those lucky enough to see this work of art are truly blessed. At the end of the year, the joy of discovering this work of art made me forget all my unhappiness and the climate that was getting worse day by day.

If anyone searches in the weeds or among the willows, I wish he would find something mysterious: the nest of the striped spider. Just like what I see before my eyes.

31. Wolf Spider

Spiders have a bad reputation: most people think of them as scary animals and want to stomp them when they see them. Death, this may be related to the ferocious appearance of the spider. But a careful observer will know that it is a very hard worker, a talented weaver, a cunning hunter, and is also very interesting in other ways.

So even if you don’t look at it from a scientific perspective, spiders are animals worth studying. But everyone says it is poisonous. This is its biggest crime and the reason why everyone is afraid of it. Yes, it does have two fangs that can kill its prey instantly.

32. Crusoe spider

The Crusoe spider is an extremely smart and dexterous weaver, and as far as a spider is concerned, the Crusoe spider is very beautiful. . Its name is taken from one of the three ancient Greek goddesses of destiny, who is also the youngest. She is in charge of the spinning rod, from which the different destinies of all things are spun.

The Krushu spider can spin the most exquisite silk for itself, but the Krushu goddess cannot spin a happy destiny and comfortable life for us. This is really a regrettable thing for the world!

33. Labyrinth Spider

Spiders that can build webs are experts at weaving. They use their webs to hunt small bugs that throw themselves into their webs. No effort required". There are many other species of spiders that use many other clever ways to hunt for food, and they can also wait for work and reap a bumper harvest. Several of them are very accomplished in this area, and almost all books about insects will list them.

It is a black spider, some people also call it American wolf spider. They live in holes, just like the European wolf spider I talked about before. But their burrows are much more complete and elaborate than those of the European tarantula.

34. The Architecture of Spider Webs

Even in the smallest gardens, traces of garden spiders can be seen. They are all talented weavers.

If we take a walk at dusk, we can look for clues in a rosemary bush. The spiders we observe tend to crawl very slowly, so we should simply sit in the bushes and watch. There is more light there.

Let us add another title to ourselves and call it "Cobweb Observer"! There are very few people in the world who are engaged in this kind of profession, and we don't expect to make any money from this industry.

35. The geometry of spiders

When we observe the webs of garden spiders, especially silk spiders and striped spiders, we will find that their webs are not messy. The spokes are arranged evenly, and the angles formed by each pair of adjacent spokes are equal; although the number of spokes is different for different spiders, this rule applies to all kinds of spiders.

We already know that spiders weave their webs in a very special way. They divide the web into equal parts, and spiders of the same type divide the same number of parts.

37. Spider's telegraph thread

Among the six species of garden spiders, only two species usually rest in the center of the web, namely the striped spider and the silk spider. Even if they are scorched by the scorching sun, they will never leave the net easily to rest in the shade. As for other spiders, they never appear during the day.

They have their own way of keeping work and rest in sync. Not far from their nets, there is a hidden place made of leaves and threads. During the day they hide here, quietly, immersed in deep thought.

Although this sunny day makes the spiders dizzy, it is also the time when other insects are most active: the locusts jump more lively, and the dragonflies fly more happily.

37. Crab spider

Although the striped spider we mentioned earlier works very hard, it has been working tirelessly and forgetting food and sleep in order to build a comfortable nest for its eggs. But later on, it could no longer take care of its home. Why? Because its life span is too short. It will die when the first cold snap arrives. And its eggs cannot hatch until winter has passed.

It had to abandon its nest. If the baby can be born while the mother is still alive, I believe that the mother spider will care for the baby spider as carefully as the birds. Another kind of spider proved my suspicion; it is a spider that cannot weave webs: it just waits for its prey to come close to it before catching it, and it walks sideways, a bit like a crab, so it is called a crab spider. A brief introduction to "Insect Diary"

"Insect Diary", also known as "Insect World", "Insect Story", "Entomological Notes" or "Insect Story", is a French entomologist and litterateur Jean-Henri Carter. A long popular science literature work written by Simil Fabre, ***10 volumes. The first volume was first published in 1879, and the entire book in 1907.

This work is a masterpiece of entomology that summarizes the types, characteristics, habits and marriage habits of insects. It is also a literary treasure rich in knowledge, interesting beauty and philosophy. The French title of this work is literally translated as "Reminiscences of Entomology", and the subtitle is "A Study of the Instincts and Customs of Insects". Its writing is fresh, natural and interesting, its tone is relaxed and humorous, and its fact-based storyline has twists and turns. The author integrates the colorful life of insects with his own life insights, and looks at insects with human nature. Every line reveals the author's respect and love for life. After reading "Insect Records"

The famous French entomologist and litterateur Fabre once said, "Before saying 'yes' to something, I have to observe and touch it, not once, but two or three times. Even endlessly, until there is no doubt."

Through careful observation and careful research, Fabre wrote the world-famous "Insects". In this book, my favorite is the article "Fireflies". Fireflies have a unique way of hunting. Most of their prey are cherry-sized snails. When hunting for food, the firefly first waits patiently in the grass, then begins to approach the prey to explore, and then uses its secret weapon - anesthesia tool. This tool is so tiny that it cannot be seen with the naked eye without a magnifying glass.

The firefly uses this anesthetic tool to tap the snail's mantle repeatedly. Its movements are gentle and gentle, as if it is kissing rather than attacking. But just a few taps, up to six times, can render the prey incapable of all movement, allowing the prey to be captured smoothly.

In this book, Fabre observed everything very carefully and patiently. He touched it again and again until there was no doubt left. We also get to know the clever anesthetist Firefly through his works!

In Fabre's book, the word "touch" penetrated deeply into my heart. This spring, in science class, each of us was given a soybean seed smaller than our little finger. After we sow the seeds, people stare at the cups every day, looking forward to them. But a week passed, and the seeds did not move at all. Some people said, "It was planted too early," others said, "It was buried deep, dig it up and plant it again." Everyone was talking about it. On the eighth day, the seeds finally broke out of the ground and sprouted like thin needles. I was ecstatic. Two days later, its leaves slowly grew larger, as big as a little fingernail, and the thin round leaves and green stems stood proudly. After class, the students gathered around these cups and discussed happily. After a few days, it grew true leaves, and the stems and leaves gradually became straighter. We observed carefully and recorded all these in our notebooks. These few little seeds bring us infinite happiness.

Later, my mother and I came to the cherry blossom forest to observe the blooming cherry blossoms. Look, some of the cherry blossoms are white and some are pink, they look so special! I gently stroked their petals with my hands, and they felt cool. When the wind blows, the cherry blossoms on the trees fall down. I picked up the petals and threw them into the sky, and cherry blossoms rained down one after another. We danced happily in the rain of petals...

There are many beautiful things in this world, and we must learn to go there with true feelings. Touch nature, touch classics, touch sunshine and rain... you will definitely touch happiness and gain happiness.

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