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Article: Children of Summer, Henri Fabre's Insects.
- Article from:
- Children's Digest
- Article date:
- September 1, 1997
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Tricking the Tiny Ones
Scientist Henri Fabre wasn't trying to be mean when he and his children played "tricks" on the insects he found near his home in France in the early 1800s. He was just trying to learn their ways.
He learned about ground wasps by covering the entrance to their nest with a glass jar. He puzzled ...