INDEX

A

Agenia (see also the varieties below), 84–90, 222–223, 229

Agenia hyalipennis, 84–85

Agenia punctum, 84–85, 89

Alpine Odynerus, 178–181

Ammonite, 239

Ammophilia (see Hairy Ammophila)

Ant, 246

Anthidium (see also A. bellicosum, Cotton-bee, Resin-bee), 150, 219–220, 229

Anthidium bellicosum, 178–181

Anthophora (see also the varieties below), 89, 183, 186–187

Anthophora parietina (see Anthophora of the Walls)

Anthophora personata (see Masked Anthophora)

Anthophora pilipes (see Hairy-footed Anthophora)

Anthophora of the Walls, 168

Attagenus pellis, 287

Attus, 90

Audouin, Jean Victor, 30, 44

Audubon, John James, 252, 255

Augustus, the Emperor, 170

B

Bacon-beetle (see Dermestes)

Bear, 134

Bee (see also Bumble-bee, Cotton-bee, Hive-bee, Mason-bee), 66–67, 69, 113, 150, 170, 186, 209, 219

Bee-eating Wasp (see Philanthus)

Beetle (see also Sacred Beetle), 44, 176

Bembex, 18, 43, 91–92, 95, 99–100, 102

Black-bellied Tarantula (see Narbonne Lycosa)

Blanchard, Emile, 30

Bluebottle, 291

Bombyx mori (see Mulberry Bombyx)

Bower-bird, 11–12

Bug, 74

Bulimulus radiatus, 178, 180

Bumble-bee, 279, 281

Bumble-bee Fly (see Volucella)

Butterfly, 14, 44, 117, 194–195

C

Calicurgus (see Pompilus)

Capricorn, 89

Centipede, 54 n

Century Co., v

Ceratite, 239

Cerceris, 103

Cetonia, 302

Chalicodoma (see Mason-bee)

Chalicodoma parietina (see Mason-bee of the Walls)

Chalicodoma rufescens (see Mason-bee of the Shrubs)

Chalicodoma rufitarsis (see Mason-bee of the Sheds)

Cheese-mite, 280

Chimney-swallow, 135, 141–142, 144–149

Chrysomela populi, 185, 192–200, 206–218

Cicada, 60, 89

Clubionus, 90

Coccinella (see Ladybird)

Common Ladybird (see Ladybird)

Common Mouse (see Mouse)

Common Snail (see Helix aspersa)

Common Wasp, 191, 240–311

Condillac, Étienne Bonnot de, Abbé de Mureaux, 112

Cotton-bee, 73, 12, 186

Crabro-wasp, 91–92, 103

Cricket (see also Italian Cricket), 159–160

Cross Spider, 90–91, 94

Cryptophagus, 287

D

Dart Moth (see Grey Worm)

Darwin, Charles Robert, 132

David, King, 135, 138

Dermestes, 287

Diadem Epeira (see Cross Spider)

Dipper (see Water-ouzel)

Dog, 33–35, 48, 177, 243

Domestic Swallow (see Chimney Swallow)

Dryden, John, 136–137nn

Dufour, Jean Marie Léon, 30–32, 35–36, 42–45

Dung-beetle (see Sacred Beetle)

E

Earth-worm, 89, 246

Edible Snail, 179–180

Eel, 119

Epeira (see also the varieties below), 90–91, 160

Epeira adianta, 90

Epeira angulata, 90

Epeira diadema (see Cross Spider)

Epeira pallida, 90

Epeira scalaris, 90

Ephippiger, 211

Eristalis, 276–279

Eumenes (see also the varieties below), 1–29, 56, 57, 201, 203, 224–226, 229, 233

Eumenes Amadei, 1, 4–27, 47, 224–225

Eumenes bipunctus, 1n

Eumenes dubius, 1n

Eumenes pomiformis, 1, 4, 13–16, 18–19, 21, 24–27

Eumenes unguiculata, 225

F

Fabre, Mlle. Claire, the author’s daughter, 184–185, 205–209, 211

Fabre, Paul, the author’s son, 240–241, 243–244

Field-mouse, 152

Flesh-fly, 291

Fly, 44, 99–100, 209, 253, 297–298

G

Garden Spider (see Epeira)

Geometrid Moth (see Looper)

Gnat, 84

Great Peacock Moth, 117–128, 155

Greenbottle, 285–286, 291

Grey Worm, 2, 21, 43, 54, 160, 211

H

Hairy Ammophila, 2n, 14, 17–18, 21–22, 43, 54, 103, 160, 204, 211

Hairy-footed Anthophora, 168

Helix aspersa, 178

Helix nemoralis, 178

Helix strigata, 11

Hen, 184

Hirundo rustica (see Chimney-swallow)

Hirundo urbica (see Window-swallow)

Hive-bee, 235–237, 276, 290–291

Hoopoe, 34–35, 177

Hornet, 248, 274, 276

House-fly, 297

House-martin (see Window-swallow)

House-spider, 92–93

House-swallow (see Window-swallow)

Humming-bird, 219

Hylotoma rosae, 280–281, 306

I

Italian Cricket, 243

Iulus, 54

L

Ladybird, 185

Lalande, Joseph Jérôme Le Français de, 92

Languedocian Sphex, 211

Leaf-cutter (see Megachile)

Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, Amédée Comte, 30

Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, Félix, 30n

Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, Louis Michel, 30n

Lina populi (see Chrysomela p.)

Looper, 15

Lucilia (see Greenbottle)

Lycosa (see Narbonne Lycosa)

M

Mademoiselle Mori, author of, 2n

Magpie, 12

Masked Anthophora, 168

Mason-bee (see also the varieties below), 5–6, 69, 78–79, 83, 87, 113, 115–117, 155, 159, 225, 246

Mason-bee of the Pebbles (see Mason-bee of the Walls)

Mason-bee of the Sheds, 111–113, 163–166

Mason-bee of the Shrubs, 75, 167

Mason-bee of the Walls, 6, 9, 165, 167, 220–222, 229, 233

Measuring-worm (see Looper)

Median Wasp, 227–239, 247

Megachile, 161–162, 182, 186, 246

Miall, Bernard, vi, 2n

Milesia fulminans, 295–296

Millipede, 287

Mole, 246, 259, 286

Moth (see also Great Peacock Moth), 14, 44, 117, 287

Mouse, 120, 287

Mulberry Bombyx, 118–119

Mule, 77–78

Myriapod, 54n

N

Narbonne Lycosa, 90, 94, 96

Nest-building Odynerus, 176–218

Nightingale, 289–291

Noctua segetum (see Grey Worm)

O

Odynerus (see also the varieties below), 28–59, 150, 176

Odynerus alpestris (see Alpine Odynerus)

Odynerus nidulator (see Nest-building Odynerus)

Odynerus Reaumurii, 35

Odynerus reniformis, 35–59, 177–178, 201–205

Odynerus spinipes, 35

Osmia (see also three-horned Osmia), 31–32, 69, 150, 168–169, 182, 186

Owl (see also Screech-owl), 288

P

Palarus, 102

Parrot, 12

Pelopæus, 31, 60–135, 137, 155, 158–160, 165, 222–223, 225, 229, 233

Philanthus, 103

Phytonomus variabilis, 44

Planorbis, 239

Plato, 239

Pliny, 34

Polistes, 191, 236–237, 278–279, 281, 294–295

Polydesma, 287

Pompilus, 90, 94, 96

Q

Quedius fulgidus, 286

R

Réaumur, René Antoine Ferchault de, 29–32, 35, 37–42, 44–45, 51–53, 184, 241–242, 259

Ringed Calicurgus (see Pompilus)

Rodwell, Frances, vi

Rove-beetle (see Staphylinus)

S

Sacred Beetle, 227

Salamander, 65, 196

Saperda (see Scalary Saperda)

Saw-fly of the Rose (see Hylotoma rosae)

Scalary Saperda, 281, 306, 309

Scolia, 98, 103, 204

Screech-owl, 243

Segestria, 89

Shrew, 287

Silkworm (see Mulberry Bombyx)

Snail (see also Bulimulus, Edible Snail, Helix), 11–13, 168, 178, 237–239

Snake, 286

Solitary Wasp (see Odynerus)

Sophocles, 170

Sparrow, 135–154, 174, 275

Sphex (see also Languedocian Sphex), 18, 98, 103, 204

Spider (see also the varieties), 24, 81–82, 86, 89–102, 106, 109–111, 113, 159–160, 222

Staphylinus maxillosus, 286–287

Stizus, 102

Swallow (see also Chimney-swallow, Window-swallow), 135–154

T

Tarantula (see Narbonne Lycosa)

Tachytes, 102

Tegenaria domestica (see House-spider)

Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander, 2n, 4n, 17n, 30n, 89n, 117n, 227n

Theridion lugubre, 90

Three-horned Osmia, 167–168, 170–175, 188–192

Tiberius, the Emperor, 170

Toad, 196

Turkey, 252, 255

Turnip Moth (see Grey Worm)

U

Unwin, Mr. T. Fisher, vi

V

Vespa crabro (see Hornet)

Vespa media (see Median Wasp)

Vespa vulgaris (see Common Wasp)

Virgil, 136–137

Vitruvius, 3

Volucella zonaria, 285–286, 288–311

W

Wall-swallow (see Window-swallow)

Warbler, 289

Wasp (see also Common Wasp, Median Wasp), 65–67, 69, 95, 101–102, 150, 170, 209, 219

Water-ouzel, 63

Weevil, 44

Window-swallow, 135, 141–143, 145–146, 147–149

Wolf, 134

Wood-louse, 287