The Life of the GrasshopperFront matterAlexander Teixeira de Mattos translationChapter navigation25 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterBOOKS BY J. HENRI FABRECONTENTSTRANSLATOR’S NOTEChapter I · THE FABLE OF THE CICADA AND THE ANTChapter II · THE CICADA: LEAVING THE BURROWChapter III · THE CICADA: THE TRANSFORMATIONChapter IV · THE CICADA: HIS MUSICChapter V · THE CICADA: THE LAYING AND THE HATCHING OF THE EGGSChapter VI · THE MANTIS: HER HUNTINGChapter VII · THE MANTIS: HER LOVE-MAKINGChapter VIII · THE MANTIS: HER NESTChapter IX · THE MANTIS: HER HATCHINGChapter X · THE EMPUSAChapter XI · THE WHITE-FACED DECTICUS: HIS HABITSChapter XII · THE WHITE-FACED DECTICUS: THE LAYING AND THE HATCHING OF THE EGGSChapter XIII · THE WHITE-FACED DECTICUS: THE INSTRUMENT OF SOUNDChapter XIV · THE GREEN GRASSHOPPERChapter XV · THE CRICKET: THE BURROW; THE EGGChapter XVI · THE CRICKET: THE SONG; THE PAIRINGChapter XVII · THE LOCUSTS: THEIR FUNCTION; THEIR ORGAN OF SOUNDChapter XVIII · THE LOCUSTS: THEIR EGGSChapter XIX · THE LOCUSTS: THE LAST MOULTChapter XX · THE FOAMY CICADELLAINDEXBeginning of this editionNext chapter →BOOKS BY J. HENRI FABREAll chapters and sections (25)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsBOOKS BY J. HENRI FABRECONTENTSTRANSLATOR’S NOTEChapters1234567891011121314151617181920Other sectionsINDEXOriginal Front Cover.THE LIFE OF THE GRASSHOPPER◇BOOKS BY J. HENRI FABRE →