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Excerpt from Entomologie Analytique, Vol. 2: Histoire Generale, Classification Naturelle Et Methodique des Insectes a l'Aide de Tableaux Synoptiques; Deuxieme Partie Contenant l'Histoire des Ordres Savants; Les Orthopteres, les Nevropteres, les Hymenopteres
La plupart des especes se nourrissent de matieres vegetales; quelques-unes seulement, comme les Blattes, detruisent les substances animales, mais privees de la vie; d'autres, comme les Mantes, saisissent et devorent les insectes vivants: aucune espece ne se developpe dans l'eau. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.