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The Lycosa, or Spider, is thought to be venomous, which is both her transgression and the main source of our inspiration for abhorrence. These homes are pits that are about a foot deep, first perpendicular, and subsequently bent elbow-wise. A curb made of straw, various pieces and scraps, and even tiny stones the size of hazelnuts is present on the side of the pit. Michelet (number 23) has described to us how he made friends with a Spider while working as a printer's apprentice in a cellar. As March draws to a close, the young people's exodus from the community starts. One of the gourd family plants, sometimes known as the squirting cucumber, thrives amidst the roadside trash. When fully mature, the seeds float in a liquid that was formerly the meaty core. One of man's clever nefarious inventions is the fowling-snare. To the right and left of a barren area, two sizable earthen coloured nets are spread out on the ground. They are pushed together like a pair of shutters by a long string that the fowler pulls at precisely the appropriate time. The Epeira's skill is unaffected by age in any fundamental way; as the young worked, so do the elderly, wealthier with an additional year of experience. An Epeira is sitting still on her suspension rope after weaving her web.

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"French scientist, entomologist, and novelist Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre is renowned for the engaging tone of his best-selling books about insects. Fabre was born on December 21, 1823 in Saint-Léons, Aveyron, France. Due to his family's lack of resources, Fabre learned most things on his own. Fabre was a well-liked professor, botanist, physicist, and chemist. Though many regard him to be the founder of modern entomology, he is arguably best recognised for his discoveries in the discipline of entomology, the study of insects. His wonderful teaching skills and style of writing about insects' lives have contributed much to his ongoing appeal. Fabre wrote in an entertaining, conversational tone while combining what he called """"my quest for scientific truth"""" with astute observations. Charles Darwin, who referred to Fabre as """"an unequalled observer,"""" was affected by him in his subsequent writings. Fabre was always wary of ideas and systems, therefore he maintained his scepticism regarding Darwin's theory of evolution. He arranged pine processionary caterpillars to make a continuous loop around the edge of a pot in one of his most well-known experiments. On October 11, 1915, he died. Alexander Teixeira de Mattos' thorough translations of his work from 1912 to 1922 helped make him well-known in the English-speaking world."

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