The reading notes of the scarab in Insect Tale are as follows:

1. Vivid narration and rich emotional expression

When Fabres described the scarab, he not only described it in detail from the aspects of shape, color and action, but also endowed it with rich emotional and personality characteristics through rhetoric devices such as metaphor and personification.

For example, "Scarab is like a devout ascetic, silently purifying its body at the expense of feces and honor." This sentence vividly depicts the image of scarab when it excretes and eats, and also implies its respect and humility for the living environment.

Second, careful observation and in-depth research

Fabres revealed a lot about scarabs' living habits and survival strategies through careful observation and research. For example, he found that scarabs push feces into a ball when they excrete, and choose to eat at night or in a hidden place. These findings give us a deeper understanding of scarab's living environment and lifestyle.

III. Comparing Insects with Humans

When describing scarabs, Fabres often compares them with humans, so that we can see some characteristics and qualities of human beings from insects. For example, he mentioned that scarabs are not discouraged in the face of difficulties and work hard until they succeed. This perseverance and persistence is worth learning.

artistic features of Insect Tale

1. Easy-to-understand, vivid and poetic prose style

This work uses easy-to-understand and vivid language when describing insects, and also has poetic prose style, so that readers can easily understand the habits and characteristics of insects.

Second, the combination of humanistic spirit and human nature with insects

When describing insects, Fabres not only elaborated from a scientific point of view, but also combined the description of humanistic spirit with the combination of human nature and insects, which enabled readers to have a deeper understanding of the living habits and characteristics of insects, and at the same time, it also aroused readers' awe and care for life.

Third, knowledge, interest, aesthetic feeling and thoughts complement each other

This work is full of interest and aesthetic feeling while conveying knowledge, so that readers can get a comprehensive experience in the process of reading. At the same time, this work also contains profound thoughts, so that readers can get more enlightenment and thinking from it.

Fourth, accurately record the observed facts

When describing insects, Fabres adopted the method of accurately recording the observed facts, which enabled readers to understand the living habits and characteristics of insects more truly.