The Life-Story of Insects
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By George Herbert Carpenter 18 Oct, 2018
The Life Story of Insects is a classic entomology studies text by Geo H. Carpenter. Among the manifold operations of living creatures few have more strongly impressed the casual observer or more deeply interested the thoughtful student than the trans ... Read more
The Life Story of Insects is a classic entomology studies text by Geo H. Carpenter. Among the manifold operations of living creatures few have more strongly impressed the casual observer or more deeply interested the thoughtful student than the transformations of insects. The schoolboy watches the tiny green caterpillars hatched from eggs laid on a cabbage leaf by the common white butterfly, or maybe rears successfully a batch of silkworms through the changes and chances of their lives, while the naturalist questions yet again the 'how' and 'why' of these common though wondrous life-stories, as he seeks to trace their course more fully than his predecessors knew.Biology Less
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George Herbert Carpenter was a British naturalist and entomologist, born in the Peckham district of southeast London in 1865, and died in Belfast on 22 January 1939. His main interests were in the stu...
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