The Life of the Weevil 
into it; she stabs and thumps and brings 
the wall crumbling down. And now hurrah 
for the joys of the sun! MHurrah for the 
yellow flowers, with stamens all bristling with 
violet hairs! 
Considering their tools, in one case of 
exaggerated length under a too low ceiling, 
in another short and suited to the space 
available in the cell, are not both these insects 
happily inspired, the first in leaving her nut 
prematurely, while the grub’s powerful 
shears enable her to do so, the second in 
spending three parts of ‘the year in ‘the 
security of her shell, quitting it only at the 
time of the wedding on the friendly plant?. 
Thus do we see the impeccable logic of the 
instincts revealed, even in the humblest 
creatures. 
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