As each caterpillar instinctively followed the silken trail of the caterpillars in front of it, the group moved around in a circle for seven days. In one of Fabre's most famous experiments, he arranged pine processionary caterpillars to form a continuous loop around the edge of a pot. His special force was exact and detailed observation, field research, always avoiding general conclusions from his observations, which he considered premature. Fabre, however, was a Christian who remained sceptical about Darwin's theory of evolution, as he always held back from all theories and systems. He influenced the later writings of Charles Darwin, who called Fabre "an inimitable observer". His Souvenirs Entomologiques is a series of texts on insects and arachnids.
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