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Fabre's Book of Insects is a non-fiction book that is a retelling of Alexander Teixeira de Mattos' translation of Jean-Henri Fabre's Souvenirs entomologiques. It was retold by Mrs. Rodolph Stawell and illustrated by Edward Detmold. [1] It talks about insects in real life, mythology and folklore. [2]
Recent figures indicate that there are more than 1.4 billion insects for each human on the planet, [27] or roughly 10 19 (10 quintillion) individual living insects on the earth at any given time. [28] An article in The New York Times claimed that the world holds 300 pounds of insects for every pound of humans. [28]
By moving its mouthparts the insect mixes its food with saliva. [50] [51] Some insects, like flies, expel digestive enzymes onto their food to break it down, but most insects digest their food in the gut. [52] The foregut is lined with cuticule as protection from tough food. It includes the mouth, pharynx, and crop which stores food. [53]
The heaviest of this widespread, varied complex of insects is the Little Barrier Island giant weta, Deinacrida heteracantha, of New Zealand; one specimen weighed 71 g (2.5 oz) and measured nearly 10 cm (3.9 in), [2] giving it one of the largest insect weights ever known. These heavyweight insects can be over 9 cm (3.5 in) long. [8]
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