Copris

The tit-bit lies in a spacious crypt, with firm walls, a regular workshop, worthy of being the bake-house of a Copris.

The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

Copris, [8] the Decticus, [9] the Cricket, [10] the Green

The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

The male wears a graceful horn on his head; a duplicate, in little, of that of the _Copris hispanus_.

Social Life in the Insect World Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

_Cantharis_ and _Copris_, and used them as he did the members of the true family of the scarabæidæ, and S. Passalacqua found a species of

Scarabs The History, Manufacture and Symbolism of the Scarabæus in Ancient Egypt, Phoenicia, Sardinia, Etruria, etc. Isaac Myer 1869

Spanish Copris would give me the lie, by showing me the mother occupied alone in settling the family and nevertheless stocking her one pit with a number of pellets.

The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

In the south as in the north, at the antipodes as here, every Copris fashions ovoids with the egg at the smaller end; every Sacred Beetle models pears or gourds with a hatching-chamber in the neck; but the materials employed vary greatly according to the season and locality and can be furnished by the Megatherium, the Ox, the Horse, the Sheep or by man and several others.

The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

I have described elsewhere the prowess of the Copris {25} watching over cells that are not her handiwork and do not contain her offspring.

The Life of the Spider Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

[Footnote 1: _Ateuchus sacer; Copris sagax; C. capucinus_, &c. &c.] [Illustration: LONGHORN BEETLE (BATEROCERA RUBUS).] _The Coco-nut Beetle_.

Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836

[Footnote 1: _Ateuchus sacer; Copris sagax; C. capucinus_, &c. &c.] _The Coco-nut Beetle.

Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2) James Emerson Tennent 1836

_Copris_ of South America known to us, have but seven stripes upon each wing-case; whereas those of the Old World have eight: the larger kinds,

A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2 Otto von Kotzebue 1816