The Narbonne Lycosa: The Burrow

The Life of the Spider

by Jean-Henri FABRE (1823 - 1915)

Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre was a French entomologist and author. He was born in St. Léons in Aveyron, France. Fabre was largely an autodidact, owing to the poverty of his family. Nevertheless, he acquired a primary teaching certificate at the young age of 19 and began teaching at the college of Ajaccio, Corsica, called Carpentras. In 1852, he taught at the lycée in Avignon. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Listen next episodes of The Life of the Spider:
Appendix: The Geometry Of The Epeira’s Web , The Clotho Spider , The Crab Spider , The Garden Spiders: Building The Web , The Garden Spiders: My Neighbour , The Garden Spiders: Pairing And Hunting , The Garden Spiders: The Lime-snare , The Garden Spiders: The Question Of Property , The Garden Spiders: The Telegraph-wire , The Labyrinth Spider , The Narbonne Lycosa: The Climbing-instinct , The Narbonne Lycosa: The Family , The Spiders’ Exodus