Insect cartridge made of leaf
Date
19 August 1670
Creator
Unknown, Artist
After
Francis Willughby (1635 - 1672, British) , Naturalist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
vol4 p62a
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 76mm
width (page): 193mm
width (page): 193mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Insect cartridges made of leaves, observed by Francis Willughby and described in his letter to Henry Oldenburg. The letter was read on 27 October 1670, and printed in Philosophical Transactions, vol. 5, no. 65 (November 1670).
These figures were copied from the original drawings by Willughby at LBO/4/047a.
These figures were copied from the original drawings by Willughby at LBO/4/047a.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 27 October 1670, ‘Two letters of Mr. Willughby to Mr. Oldenburg were read, one dated at Astrop 19 August 1670, the other at Middleton 2 Sept. 1670, both confirming Dr. King’s observation about the maggots lodged in old willows, and changed into bees, and sending some of the very rose leaves, out of which the bee had bitten pieces of such a shape, as are found employed by that insect in making up those cartrages, wherein the bees close themselves up’ (Birch, 2:449).
Printed in Francis Willughby, 'Observations on the insects and cartrages', Phil. Trans. vol. 5, no. 65 (November 1670), pp. 2100-02 (ref. to figures at p. 2102).
Printed in Francis Willughby, 'Observations on the insects and cartrages', Phil. Trans. vol. 5, no. 65 (November 1670), pp. 2100-02 (ref. to figures at p. 2102).
Related fellows
Francis Willughby (1635 - 1672, British) , Naturalist
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent