法布尔出生在法国南方的一个农家。贫穷的山村生活没有给他的幼年送来玫瑰花,但慷慨的大自然却给这个天真的孩子送来了鸟巢、蘑菇、蟋蟀、牛犊和绵羊。开满花的山楂树当虫子的床,一只扎了孔的纸盒架在床上,里面养上鳃角金龟和金匠花金龟,他心里便得到无限的满足。当他一心惦记着一只小鸟的时候,往往非要亲眼看见鸟巢、鸟蛋和大张着小黄嘴的鸟的娃娃不可,说什么也得看。他说,这种好奇心,正是使他萌生观察昆虫的生命 Fabre was born in a farmhouse in the south of France. Poor mountain life did not send roses to his infancy, but generous nature sent nests, mushrooms, crickets, calves and sheep to this innocent child. Hawthorn tree full of flowers as insects when the bed, a hole in the carton rack on the bed, which kept gill angle beetles and goldsmiths tortoise, his heart will be infinitely satisfied. When he was mindful of a bird, he often had to see the nest, the egg and the doll with a large yellow-eared bird. He said that everything must be said. He said that this curiosity, it is his initiation to observe the life of insects