I love insects such as butterflies and ladybugs! What kind of book can I read to study “insects”?
I will answer these questions.
If you read “Favre Insects”, you will learn about various insects!
Tell me more about “Favre Insect Chronicles”! “What kind of book is this?” What kind of person is Fabre?
What is the synopsis of [Favre Insect Chronicles]? Is it a picture book? gift of dreams
- Who is Fabre?
Fabre Insect Chronicle Synopsis
Fabre Insect Chronicles 10 volumes
Who is Fabre in Fabre Insect Chronicles?
新居の庭には残念ながらゾウムシやあわふきむしが生息できるようなスペースがない．東京でも大きな公園に行けば様々な昆虫がいるはずなので，息子が言葉を話すようになったら絵本版のファーブル昆虫記を読んであげたいし，一緒に都内を探検してみたい． pic.twitter.com/6bHO1qk1VB
— Yusuke Hayashi（林祐輔） (@hayashiyus) June 19, 2022
Pioneer of insect behavior research
Jean-Henri Fabre (1823-1915) was born in a mountain village in southern France.
Although his life was poor, Fabre studied hard.
Fabre was very curious, and from a young age he always questioned everything. He conducts experiments on his own for things that interest him, and learns the importance of confirming things by experimenting on his own.
At night, in order to ascertain the identity of the gurgling noises outside, he slipped out of the house and approached the bushes, grasping the nature of the noises with his hands and carefully observing them.
Fabre grew up repeatedly in the great outdoors with many encounters and discoveries.
In 1842, Fabre graduated from school and became an elementary school teacher at the age of 18.
Fabre’s full-time French teacher and official civil servant. He also had a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and physics and a doctorate in natural history.
He was not only a school teacher, but also a textbook author and poet.
While working as a civil servant at elementary and junior high schools, Fabre was fascinated by familiar insects and conducted ecological observations.
He continued to observe the ecology of insects, and in 1878, at the age of 54, the first volume of Fabre Insects was born. He was over 80 years old when he wrote the 10th volume over 30 years.
At the time of his publication, it was not well received by experts, and Fabre suffered many difficulties during his lifetime. Despite his poor income, he was nominated for a Nobel Prize.
The feature of [Favre Insects] is the fun of thinking and practicing your own method to know “the meaning of insect behavior”.
Of course, the ecology of insects itself is interesting and fun to read, but it’s also a book that teaches you how to solve your own questions using familiar topics.
Synopsis of Fabre Insect Chronicles
Insects are extremely diverse creatures in terms of species, ecology, and numbers, and they behave in ways that humans cannot even imagine. While learning a wealth of specific examples from the behavior of these insects, Fabre thought and drew [Favre Insects].
The feature of [Favre Insects] is the fun of thinking and practicing your own method to know “the meaning of insect behavior”.
Of course, the ecology of insects itself is interesting and fun to read, but it’s also a book that teaches you how to solve your own questions using familiar topics.
Fabre Insect Chronicles is child-friendly!
[Favre Insects] is also a work that has been translated by many people.
[Favre Insects] has been made into a work not only in books but also in manga.
The reason why [Favre Insects] is easy for children to read is probably that it is not in a formal dissertation format.
In [Favre Insect Chronicles], it seems as if you are reading about the ecology of insects, and the reader feels like they are trying to become Fabre and trying to solve the mystery.
In addition, by anthropomorphizing insects, ecology such as mating, parenting, and predation is made easy to understand, and even if you read it, you will not get the impression that it is a difficult “scientific book” at all.
The protagonist is, of course, an insect, but in fact, Fabre is structured like a detective novel in which Fabre unravels the mystery of “bug.”
First make a hypothesis.
What conditions would you put a bug on to prove it?
Readers will be drawn more and more into the observations that are recommended through trial and error.
No wonder, Fabre has a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and physics, and is also a professor of physics.
Some of the stories in the whole volume are excerpted and recorded.
The story of my daughter’s favorite “ant” and “Tuchisugari” are also included. (And of course, the story of the Scarab beetle!)
It is divided into upper and lower volumes, and the volume is also affordable.
The translation is also easy to read, so I recommend it.
I want to conquer all volumes! For those who say, there is a complete translation of Fabre Insects in 10 volumes, which was translated by Mr. Daisaburo Okumoto.
Even though there are 10 volumes in total, each volume has two volumes, top and bottom, so there will be a total of 20 volumes!
ファーブル昆虫記 全１０巻
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  ハチやツバメは、なぜ人家に巣を造るのか?暖炉の脇に泥で巣を造るジガバチはなぜわざわざ人家の中に巣を造るのか。ツバメも人の家に巣を造る。これは自然界に造るより材料や時間が節約できるからではないか。本能を補う能力の考察をする。 引用：amazon   ミツバチは敵を刺すとなぜ死んでしまうのか。ファーブルがこれまで発表したハチの研究をさらに確信をもって論じます。ハチは今回で最後。『昆虫記』初登場のカミキリムシの観察が面白い。木の幹の中でどのように幼虫が育っていくのか興味津々。 引用：amazon   昆虫記の人気者、スカラベ・サクレ再登場 1巻上に登場したスカラベ・サクレを再度研究します。ふんころがしの巣造り、産卵から成長過程を細かに観察して驚きの結果を発表します。他の糞虫についても観察し、それぞれの育児方法の違いが明らかに。 引用：amazon   5巻では私たち日本人にも身近なセミとカマキリが登場します。セミの雄が大声で鳴くのはなぜ? またカマキリの雌が交尾した後に雄を食べてしまうのは本当か? 昆虫の不思議に果敢に迫ります。 引用：amazon |
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lastly
“What you like is what you do well.”
[Favre Insects] is a recommended book for elementary and junior high school students. You can learn not only the knowledge of insects but also the methodology of “zoological behavior” to observe animals.
Of course, even adults can enjoy reading it, so please read it.
I would be happy if you could refer to it even a little.
Thank you for reading to the end.
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