Note 4 — Chapter xvii · THE BULL ONTHOPHAGUS: THE CELL
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
The Locust makes pits surmounted by a frothy chimney; the Mantis whips her glair into a frothy mass.4 The Fly and the Butterfly, on the other hand, know nothing of these fond attentions: they limit themselves to laying their eggs at spots where the young can find board and lodging for themselves.5 The Beetle also is generally extremely ignorant of the finer points of nest-building. By a very singular exception, the Dung-beetles, alone among the immense host of wearers of armoured wing-cases, have a special art of rearing, a system of upbringing which can bear comparison with that of the most gifted insects. How did they come by this industry?