1. Since the beginning of July, cicadas have occupied the trees in front of my house. I am the master of the family, but it is the ruler outside. With its regularity, it is always not very quiet anyway.

The underground life of the immature cicada is still a secret, but before it came to the ground, we knew the time of underground life, about four years. After that, singing in the sun will only last for five weeks.

Insect Tales is a long biological work by Jean-Henri casimir Fabres, a French entomologist and writer, with a total of ten volumes. The first volume was first published in 1879, and the whole book was first published in 1907.

This work is an insect biology book, which summarizes the species, characteristics, habits and mating habits of insects, records the real life of insects, expresses the spirituality of insects in struggle for existence, and also records Fabers' motivation, life ambition, knowledge background and living conditions of being obsessed with insect research.

The author combines the colorful life of insects with his own life feelings, treats insects with a human attitude, and reveals his respect and love for life between the lines.