[6] Cf. More Hunting Wasps, by J. Henri Fabre, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos: chap. viii.—Translator’s Note. [↑]

[7] 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. [↑]

[8] Cf. The Life of the Grasshopper: chaps. xviii and xix.—Translator’s Note. [↑]

[9] Cf. The Life of the Grasshopper: chap. xviii.—Translator’s Note. [↑]

[10] Cf. The Life of the Grasshopper: chaps. xiii and xiv.—Translator’s Note. [↑]

[11] Cf. The Life of the Grasshopper: chaps. xi to xiii.—Translator’s Note. [↑]

[12] Cf. The Life of the Grasshopper: chaps. i to v.—Translator’s Note. [↑]

[13] Oryctes Nasicornis, the Rhinoceros Beetle.—Translator’s Note. [↑]

[14] The Glow-worm and Other Beetles: chap. vii.—Translator’s Note. [↑]

[15] 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. [↑]