After reading Insects, I was fascinated by this book. It turns out that there are so many mysteries in the insect world. I know: how cicadas shed their shells in the morning; Dung beetles belongs to me how to roll a dung ball; How ants eat aphid secretions. It is also clear that "the son of a moth" is wrong. Bees catch caterpillars not as their own sons, but to arrange food for future generations.
The first time I read Insects, it somehow attracted me. This is a popular science book describing the birth, labor, hunting and death of insects. The text is plain, fresh and natural. Humorous narration makes people laugh ... humanized bugs appear, what a strange and interesting story! Fabres's Insect Story makes me feel like a dream. Those specific and detailed words make me feel the presence of magnifying glasses, humidity, stars and insect smells from time to time, as if I were there. The figures of those insects that I neglected for too long, and their arrogant chirping, suddenly gathered together, and I held my breath. Then, with them, I penetrated the darkness inside. It was Fabres who showed me that insects are strikingly similar to us on many issues, such as life and death, labor and plunder. Entomology is not a world created by writers, it is different from novels, they are the most basic facts! It is the loneliness and hardship of Fabres's life every day and every night. It is lonely, quiet and almost isolated from the world. I looked up. At this moment, I really want to look up and treat the mystery of insects like a starry sky. It made me enter a vivid insect world for the first time.
So, I continued to read Insects.
Then look down, Insect Story is an interesting story: "Mantis is a very fierce animal, but in its early life, it will also be sacrificed by the smallest ant." Spiders weave webs. "Even with tools like compasses and rulers, no designer can draw a more standard web page." Rich stories made me think. Watching, these bugs gradually became clear. I thought: If we protect the environment and don't pollute it, will these bugs still exist? Now the environment is deteriorating, will it happen again in the future? I carefully thought about the relationship between them, and this reading, Insect Story opened a brand-new door for me.
When I continued reading Insects, I saw Fabres observing the caterpillar's progress in detail. I saw him catching wasps regardless of the danger. I saw him boldly assuming, carefully experimenting, and repeatedly scrutinizing the experimental process and data, and gradually inferring the action time and effect of the high-nose bee venom needle, the predation process of fireflies, the methods of catching flies and bees to deal with their prey, and the long-distance contact of peacock moths ... An experiment failed, and he collected data and analyzed the reasons. Rigorous experimental methods, bold questioning spirit and diligent style. This time, I felt the "scientific spirit" and its profound connotation.
Fabres, an entomologist, cared for insects with human nature, and painstakingly wrote his masterpiece Insects, leaving a treasure house of essays full of knowledge, interest, beauty and thought. His writing is lively, his tone is relaxed and humorous, and he is full of interest. In the author's pen, the willow beetle looks like a miser, wearing a short dovetail dress that seems to be "short of cloth"; Little beetle "selfless dedication for future generations, heartbreaking for children"; The little sparrow bitten by a poisonous spider will also "eat happily, and even cry like a baby if we feed it slowly". What a lovely elf! No wonder Lu Xun regarded Insect Tales as a model of "talking about insect life".
I admire Fabres's spirit of exploring nature, which makes me feel that insects are closely related to the environment, and also makes me feel the author's originality and subtle observation. Entomology has broadened my horizons, made me look at the problem from a different angle, and made me understand the problem more deeply than before. I think The Insect Story is a good book worth reading all my life. I think anyone who reads Insect Tales carefully will know more.
The magical insect world
-thoughts on reading the story of insects
After drinking a mouthful of tea, I started reading a book with a little excitement-Insects, which is a masterpiece handed down from ancient times by Fabres, an outstanding French entomologist and writer, and also an immortal work. It combines the author's lifelong research achievements and life feelings in one furnace. Fabres studied the insect world all his life. I really admire his persistence and perseverance. This book is full of surprises and interests. Through this book, I learned the real face of the insect world, and I discovered all kinds of scientific truths contained in nature. This is really an extremely valuable life movement. Between the lines is full of the author's own respect and love for life.
How wonderful the insect world is. The author described the scene in the insect world to us with his vivid writing and relaxed and humorous style. Because this encyclopedia of science is also literary, every word in it reflects the author's feelings and the unique personality of insects. Poplar beetle is like a miser, wearing a short dovetail dress that seems to lack cloth; Little beetle selfless dedication for future generations, heartbreaking for children; And the little sparrow bitten by a poisonous spider will also eat happily. If we feed him slowly, he will even cry like a baby. Also, fireflies, ants, spiders, crickets, caterpillars, swallows, sparrows ... interesting stories and vivid insect scenes cover almost all the details about insects eating, protecting themselves, mating, raising offspring, working, hunting and life and death. As if I were on the spot, I was brought into the world of insects again and again. What a wonderful life! I also know why Lu Xun regarded it as a model of "talking about insect life". That's true!
Among them, two kinds of insects, dung beetle and mantis, impressed me the most and overturned my previous views. Dung beetles is the dung beetles we hate very much. They deal with the dung and dung all day and knead them into balls for themselves to eat, but they are veritable "cleaners" of nature, especially like to clean up the dung left by unsanitary pets on the grass, so the lawn in the park becomes fresher and the flowers smell better. The beautiful mantis is dressed in green clothes and feathers. It is a carnivorous insect and likes to eat mosquitoes, locusts, moths, crickets and so on. Its two arms are the most terrible swords. Although slender and elegant, as long as there are insects flying over, it immediately brandishes a broadsword and quickly kills. I often think: although dung beetles is ugly, it tries to clean the earth and make the home of mankind better; Mantis is beautiful in appearance, but very cruel in heart. We should see its cruel nature and not be confused by its beautiful appearance. Therefore, whether he is beautiful or ugly, there is a reason for his existence. Only when the creatures on the earth live in harmony can the ecological balance be maintained. Only through competitive selection can the evolution of species be obtained.
Entomology is indeed a miracle. It is a life movement composed by Fabres, an outstanding representative of human beings, many ordinary people in nature, insects and a book that can never be read. At the critical moment when mankind is about to enter the new century and the earth is about to usher in the ecological era, such a miracle may provide us with more precious enlightenment. It is full of reverence for life, but also contains the spirit of seeking truth from facts, which gives me great inspiration: in life and study, we should learn from Fabres's courage and perseverance in exploring the world and pursuing truth, have a rigorous scientific attitude like Fabres's in doing everything, and insist on "accurately describing the observed facts without any modification or neglect". We must persevere in everything, even if the conditions are difficult, we must persist in fighting for our ideals!