Wrote Letter L-248 of 1695-04-22 to Frederik Adriaan van Reede about the apple-blossom weevil, its larvae, their danger, and their metamorphosis and the reproduction of black flies on apple tree blossoms

Date: 
April 22, 1695
Standard reference information
L-number: 
L-248
Leeuwenhoek's number: 
87
Collected Letters number: 
142
Collected Letters volume: 
10

Text of the letter in the original Dutch and in English translation from Alle de Brieven. The Collected Letters at the DBNL - De Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren

Leeuwenhoek wrote this letter about …

Apple-blossom weevil, its larvae, and their injuriousness; their metamorphosis. Reproduction of black flies on apple tree blossoms.