Elephant Beetle

Word ELEPHANT BEETLE
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_ -- The chief natural enemy of this tree is a destructive species of elephant-beetle (_Oryctes Rhinoceros_), which begins by nibbling the leaves into the shape of a fan; it then perforates the central pithy fibre, so that the leaf snaps off; and lastly, it descends into the folds of the upper shoot, where it bores itself a nest, and if not speedily extracted or killed, will soon destroy the tree. ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)

Shod with adhesive sandals which later on, in my laboratory, will allow it rapidly to climb a vertical sheet of glass, the elephant-beetle is solidly established on the smooth, steep curvature of the acorn. ❋ Jean-Henri Fabre (1869)

The elephant-beetle certainly does not lay its egg in the open and seize it in its beak. ❋ Jean-Henri Fabre (1869)

More than the jay, more than the field-mouse, the elephant-beetle has contributed to reduce the superfluity of acorns. ❋ Jean-Henri Fabre (1869)

Such nutriment, juicy and easy of digestion, like all nascent organic matter, is only found in this particular spot; and it is only there, between the cup and the base of the cotyledons, that the elephant-beetle establishes her egg. ❋ Jean-Henri Fabre (1869)

So again we will ask: by what process did the egg of the elephant-beetle reach a point so far from the orifice in the acorn? ❋ Jean-Henri Fabre (1869)

Like the artisans in our factories, the elephant-beetle is sometimes the victim of her tools. ❋ Jean-Henri Fabre (1869)

The elephant-beetle undoubtedly draws the same conclusions. ❋ Jean-Henri Fabre (1869)

My embarrassment will be shared by all readers who are acquainted with the structure of the elephant-beetle. ❋ Jean-Henri Fabre (1869)

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