Wrote Letter L-253 of 1695-05-18 to Frederik Adriaan van Reede about the apple-blossom weevil, caterpillars and the metamorphosis of the small ermine moth, and parasitic flies

Date: 
May 18, 1695
Standard reference information
L-number: 
L-253
Leeuwenhoek's number: 
89
Collected Letters number: 
144
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 …

Reproduction of the apple-blossom weevil; its head and legs. Caterpillars and the metamorphosis of the small ermine moth. Parasitic flies which parasitize on the small ermine moth; head and the wing of the parasitic fly.