CHAPTER

• I My First Pond
• II The Caddis-Worm
• III The Mason-Bees
• IV Bees, Cats and Red Ants
• V The Mining Bees
• VI The Leaf-Cutting Bees
• VII The Cotton-Bees and Resin-Bees
• VIII The Hairy Sand-Wasp
• IX The Wasp and the Cricket
• X The Fly-Hunting Wasp
• XI Parasites
• XII Fly Scavengers
• XIII The Pine Caterpillar
• XIV The Cabbage Caterpillar
• XV The Great Peacock Moths
• XVI The Truffle-Hunting Beetle
• XVII The Boy Who Loved Insects
• XVIII The Banded Spider
• XIX The Tarantula
• XX The Clotho Spider
• XXI The Spiders’ Telegraph-Wire
• XXII The Crab Spider
• XXIII The Labyrinth Spider
• XXIV The Building of a Spider’s Web
• XXV The Geometry of a Spider’s Web