Analysis: This passage is a passage describing insects in Insect Story. Through metaphor, enumeration and other rhetorical devices, the appearance of insects is vividly displayed to readers, and the reasons why they can "scare off natural enemies" are vividly displayed, which plays a role in clarifying the main idea.
Anyone who has seen mantis will clearly find that its slender waist is very long. Not only is it very long, but it is also very powerful. Compared with its long waist, mantis's thighs are longer. Moreover, there are two rows of very sharp serrated things under its thighs. Behind these two rows of sharp serrated teeth, there are some big teeth, three of them. In a word, mantis's thighs are just two rows of serrated blades. When mantis wants to fold its legs, it can put them between two rows of sawtooth, which is very safe and won't hurt itself.
Six or seven thousand years ago, people first talked about dung beetles. Farmers in ancient Egypt, when irrigating their farmland in spring, often see a fat black insect passing by them, busy pushing a ball back. Of course, they were surprised to notice this grotesque rotating object, just like the farmers in Brovin today.
Once upon a time, Egyptians imagined that this sphere was a model of the earth, and the movement of dung beetles was consistent with the movement of planets in the sky. They think that this kind of beetle has so much astronomical knowledge and is sacred, so it is called "sacred beetle". At the same time, they think that the ball that the beetle rolls on the ground contains eggs, from which the little beetle comes out. But in fact, this is just its food storage room. There are no eggs in it.
This ball is not delicious food. Because the beetle's job is to collect dirt on the soil surface, this ball is formed by carefully rolling up garbage on the road and in the wild.
The ball is made like this: in front of its flat head, there are six teeth arranged in a semicircle, like a curved nail handle, which are used for digging and cutting things. Beetle uses them to throw away unwanted things and collect the food it chooses. Its arched front legs are also useful tools, because they are very strong and have five serrations at the outer end. So, if it takes a lot of force to move some obstacles, the beetle uses its arms. It turns its toothed arm left and right, sweeping a small area with powerful sweeping method. So, all the materials it turned up were collected in that pile. Then, put it between the four hind paws and push it. These legs are long and thin, especially the last pair, which is slightly curved and has sharp claws at the front end. Then, the beetle presses the material under its body with its hind legs, rubs it and rotates it, making it a ball. After a while, a small pill grew to the size of a walnut, and soon it was as big as an apple. I've seen some greedy guys make balls as big as fists.
If the thief escapes safely, the only effort the owner can make is to admit that he is unlucky. It wiped its cheek, took some air, flew away and started over. I envy and admire its indomitable quality.
When I visited their storage room, I dug with my hand axe. The excavation here is very vivid.
In fact, it "moves" like a miner or a railway engineer. Miners support tunnels with pillars, and railway engineers reinforce tunnels with brick walls. "This sentence is a good metaphor.
Then, it will perform a strange gymnastics, the body soaring in the air, only a little fixed on the old skin, turn the body upside down, make its wings full of patterns, straighten out and "try" to open. This is an appropriate attempt to understand.
Cicada and I have been living next to each other for fifteen years, and every summer lasts for almost two months. They are always in my sight and the songs are always in my ears. Express the author's love for cicadas.
"This shook a few times, the wasp's nest has just begun to take shape. It was at this time, in such a short time, that its hive was as big as an acorn, which was really unexpected. They are really magical little animals. " Fully demonstrated the ability of the waist shed bee.
These insects are all my friends, my dear little animals, friends I used to know and now know. They all live here. They hunt, build nests and feed their families every day. Moreover, if I plan to move, the mountain is very close to me. There are wild strawberry trees, rock roses and heather plants everywhere, and wasps and bees like to gather there. I have many reasons to escape from the city for the sake of the countryside and come to the southwest to do some weeding and irrigation of lettuce.
-"On ancestors"
I looked at the bubbles in the pool and daydreamed: many, many years ago, the land just left the ocean. At that time, grass was the first plant. It spit out the first breath of oxygen and provided breathing for living things. So all kinds of animals appeared one after another, and they multiplied and changed from generation to generation, forming today's biological world. My glass pond seems to tell me the story of a planet sailing in space without oxygen.
-"Mysterious Pond"
Description of animals
◆ cicada
It is very important for it to climb up and down the cave easily, because when it climbs outside in the sun, it must know what the climate is like outside. So it will take weeks or even a month to make a solid wall suitable for it to climb up and down. At the top of the tunnel, a layer of finger-thick soil was left to protect and resist the changes of the outside air until the last moment. As long as there is some news of good weather, it will climb up and measure the climate with a thin cover on the top.
Most of us are not familiar with cicada's song, because it lives in a place with olive trees, but those who have read Lafontaine's fables probably remember that cicada was laughed at by ants. Although Lafontaine is not the first person to tell this story.
The story says: Throughout the summer, cicadas do nothing but sing all day, while ants are busy storing food. When winter comes, the cicada is driven by hunger and has to run to its neighbor to borrow some food. As a result, he was treated awkwardly.
◆ snake demon bee
I remember once going to a silk factory, where I saw a nest of bees tied around my waist. It built its nest in the computer room and chose a place for itself above the big boiler on the ceiling. It looks really eye-catching! It chose this place for itself. Throughout the year, no matter whether it is hot or cold, no matter the change of spring, summer, autumn and winter, the temperature displayed by the thermometer is always 120 degrees, except at night and those holidays. Obviously, there is no heating in the boiler these days, so the temperature will definitely change. This fact clearly tells us that this little animal is really demanding on temperature! Moreover, the location of home and he is also a guy who is good at choosing a location for himself.
◆ Masonry bee
There are many kinds of insects that like to nest near our home. Among these insects, the first one that aroused people's interest was an animal called the recumbent bee. Mei Sen honeycomb is made of anhydrite. Usually its nest is around the branches. Because it is made of gypsum, it can be attached to it very firmly. However, the masons' beehive is only made of mud, without cement or anything else that can make it stronger. So how does it solve these problems?
◆ Mantis
There is an insect in the south that, like cicadas, can arouse people's interest, but it is not very famous because it can't sing. If it also has cymbals, its fame should be much greater than that of famous musicians, because its shape and habits are very unusual. This will be an excellent musician. It has so many deadly weapons and such fierce predation methods that it even wants to feed on its own kind. Nevertheless, mantis, like human beings, not only has shortcomings and deficiencies, but also has many advantages of its own. For example, mantis can build a very beautiful nest, which is one of the outstanding advantages of mantis.
◆ Fireflies
Fireflies often use a reptile to climb to the top of the bottle-to make up for the lack of strength of their legs and feet. First, carefully observe the snail's movements, then make judgments and choices, and find a place to decouple. Then, just a quick bite is enough to make the opponent unconscious. It all happened in a flash. So, without any delay, the firefly began to make its delicious meat porridge, in order to prepare it as food in a few days.
◆ bees
Really back. Maybe it's because they miss the baby in the nest and the rich honey. With this strong instinct, they came back. Yes, this is not an extraordinary memory, but an unexplained instinct that we humans lack.
◆ Red ant
I hurried to the garden, and Lacey was right. Red ants are marching triumphantly along that white gravel road! I took a leaf, cut off some ants and put them somewhere else. These people just lost their way, and so did the rest.
The children's memories are back to the way they came. This proves that they don't directly identify the direction of going home like bees, but find their way home by remembering the scenery along the way. So even if they have a long journey and need days and nights, they can still come back as long as they don't change trains along the way.
A * * * How many moths are there? There are about twenty in this room, and at least forty in other rooms.
Let's go Forty lovers came to pay tribute to the bride born that morning-the princess locked in the ivory tower!
During that week, these big moths came to see their beautiful princess every night. It was a storm.
In rainy season, it's too dark to see your fingers at night. Our house is hidden behind many big trees, so it is difficult to find it.
They went through such a dark and difficult journey and went through hardships to see their queen.
In such bad weather conditions, even the fierce and strong owl dare not leave the nest easily, but the peacock moth did.
Can fly out decisively, and is not blocked by branches, and reach the destination smoothly. They are fearless.
Persevere, so that when it reaches its destination, there is no place on it that is scratched, even a tiny wound.
No. Tonight is like day for them.
The only purpose of peacock moth's life is to find a mate. To this end, they inherited a very special day.
Fu: No matter how long the road is, how dark it is and how many obstacles there are, it can always find someone. Before they
There are about two or three nights in their lives, and they can spend hours looking for their partners every night. If at the same time,
They can't find a date. Then its life is over.
Cicada is "hungry"/"thirsty"
When I visited their storage room, I dug with my hand axe. The excavation here is very vivid.
In fact, it "moves" like a miner or a railway engineer. Miners support tunnels with pillars, and railway engineers reinforce tunnels with brick walls. "This sentence is a good metaphor.
Then, it will perform a strange gymnastics, the body soaring in the air, only a little fixed on the old skin, turn the body upside down, make its wings full of patterns, straighten out and "try" to open. This is an appropriate attempt to understand.
Of course, if you want to devote yourself to music, you have to shrink your internal organs to put musical instruments.
Cicada and I have lived side by side for fifteen years, and every summer is almost two months long. "They are always in my sight, and the songs are always in my ears." Express the author's love for cicadas.
"Just shake it a few times, and it will remove the nest of the wasp that has just begun to take shape. It was at this time, in such a short time, that its hive was as big as an acorn, which was really unexpected. They are really magical little animals. " Fully demonstrated the ability of the waist shed bee.
"When it was by the ditch, of course, it would notice this gratifying thing, so it rushed over and took this precious little bit of soil from the water. In the absence of water, they will not easily let go of this extremely rare discovery. "
After reading the story of insects
After drinking a mouthful of tea, I started reading a book with a little excitement-Insects, which is a masterpiece handed down from ancient times by Fabres, an outstanding French entomologist and writer, and also an immortal work. It combines the author's lifelong research achievements and life feelings in one furnace, and expresses the author's unique vision of life in the description of various insects, daily life habits and characteristics. Between the lines is full of the author's own respect and love for life. The publication of this book is regarded as the birth of animal psychology. The Story of Insects is not only a scientific masterpiece to study insects, but also a magnificent poem to eulogize life. Fabres devoted his life to the insect world, observing and experimenting with insects in the natural environment, and truly recording their instincts and habits. He studied hard and sacrificed his private time to observe insects. Entomology describes the life of insects in detail, such as spiders, bees, mantises, scorpions, cicadas, beetles, crickets and so on. This has made great contributions to later generations and made human society move towards modern civilization quickly.
It is a miracle that a person spends his whole life observing and studying "bugs"; It is a miracle that a person has written ten books for "bugs" in his life. And these books about "bugs" are actually reprinted and translated into more than 50 languages. Until a hundred years later, they will cause a sensation in the reading world again and again, which is a miracle among miracles. It is such a miracle that I deeply feel that human beings are not an isolated existence. All living things on the earth, including spiders, wasps, scorpions and weevils, are in the same closely related system. Insects are also an indispensable link in the biological chain of the earth, and their lives should also be respected.
Moreover, this book is very readable. His writing is lively, his tone is relaxed and humorous, and he is full of interest. In the author's pen, the willow beetle looks like a miser, wearing a short dovetail dress that seems to be "short of cloth"; Little beetle "selfless dedication for future generations, heartbreaking for children"; And the little sparrow bitten by a poisonous spider will "eat happily, and if we feed it slowly, he will even cry like a baby" ... what a lovely niche! No wonder Mr. Lu Xun regards insects as a model of "talking about insect life"
Entomology is also very realistic. Those specific and detailed words make me feel the presence of magnifying glasses, humidity, stars and insect smells from time to time, which really makes people feel immersive. The figures of insects that I ignored for too long because of disgust, and their arrogant chirping, suddenly gathered together, I held my breath, and then, together with them, penetrated the darkness of my heart. It was insects that made me like these little creatures again and found that they were not annoying. On the contrary, there are many lovely things. This is the story of insects, which shows me that insects are strikingly similar to us in many issues, such as life and death, labor and plunder. The Insect Story is different from the novel, it is the most basic fact, it is the loneliness and hardship of Fabres's life every day and night, lonely and quiet, almost isolated from the world.
Entomology is indeed a miracle. It is a life movement composed by Fabres, an outstanding representative of human beings, many ordinary people in nature, insects and a book that can never be read. At the critical moment when mankind is about to enter the new century and the earth is about to usher in the ecological era, such a miracle may provide us with more precious enlightenment.
Entomology is not only full of reverence for life, but also contains the spirit of seeking truth from facts, which gives me great enlightenment: in life and study, we should learn Fables' courage and perseverance in exploring the world and pursuing truth, have Fables' rigorous scientific spirit in everything, and insist on "accurately describing the observed facts without adding anything or ignoring anything". We must persevere in everything, even if the conditions are difficult, we must persist in fighting for our ideals!
Thoughts on reading entomology
Entomology is a masterpiece handed down from ancient times by Fabres, an outstanding French entomologist and writer, and it is also an immortal work. It is a miracle that a person spends his whole life observing and studying "bugs"; It is a miracle that a person has written ten books for "bugs" in his life. And these books about "bugs" are actually reprinted and translated into more than 50 languages. Until a hundred years later, they will cause a sensation in the reading world again and again, which is a miracle among miracles. This must be great!
Reading this book, I seem to have entered a strange insect world. Usually, in my opinion, a humble bug can be so interesting! I never knew that observing bugs and dealing with bugs had such profound knowledge. Fireflies, ants, spiders, crickets, caterpillars, swallows, sparrows ... There are many interesting stories, and the vivid insect scenes cover almost all the details about insects eating, protecting themselves, mating, raising offspring, working, hunting and life and death. Such a masterpiece, which combines knowledge, interest, beauty and thought, makes me think deeply.
This is a rigorous scientific work, a beautiful literary classic and an immortal insect epic. Worthy of the title of "insect epic" and "insect Homer".
Fables compared the unknown world to an infinite mosaic picture in the dark, and compared scientists to explorers holding lanterns to take care of this picture. He thinks he is an explorer, moving step by step, illuminating the square bricks one by one, and gradually increasing the area of known composition. In this spirit, he gathered all his qualities and talents and made his own unique contribution to mankind. Don't feel sorry for his death. Everything about him is concentrated in entomology.
I deeply admire Fabres's spirit of exploring nature. This genius with delicate feelings and profound thoughts, this great scientist, with his general thinking as a philosopher, as an artist's general observation and as a writer's general narrative, has opened a door to the insect world and also to science.