Most people are wary and even disgusted with insects. French explorer Jean Henri Fabre (1823-1915) was not afraid of them, but loved them. The scientist devoted most of his long life to studying insects, not killing them, like other naturalists of that time, but observing them alive. Tenacious, persistent, endlessly hardworking. Fabre made a real revolution in science, but the general public came to know and love him thanks to his inspirational stories about the life of butterflies, spiders, beetles, wasps and other small inhabitants of our world. University professors looked down on Fabre as an amateur amateur, not recognizing the scientific value of the books of a modest school teacher. But ten volumes of his Entomological Memoirs opened a new page in the history of scientific prose. Fabre's main work is not only a major scientific work, but also a brilliant example of presenting complex subjects in an accessible and easy language. Victor Hugo called the scientist “the Homer of the insects.” Fabre's work was one of the first steps in the popularization of scientific knowledge, and also significantly enriched biology. More than one generation of nature lovers and simply passionate people grew up on Fabre’s stories about insects. As Fabre wrote: “Insects show us life in its countless manifestations. This helps us understand at least a little the most mysterious book of all that exists - the book of our soul."