Wrote Letter L-378 of 1700-10-26 to Hans Sloane about black flies on fruit trees, aphids, comparing the parthenogenetic procreation of aphids with sperm, and the development of the pupae of moths

Date: 
October 26, 1700
Standard reference information
L-number: 
L-378
Leeuwenhoek's number: 
134
Collected Letters number: 
219
Collected Letters volume: 
13

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 black flies on fruit trees; aphids; comparing the parthenogenetic procreation of aphids with spermatozoa; on the development of the pupae of moths