Letter, from Francis Willughby to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Middleton
Reference number: EL/W3/44
Date: 10 July 1671
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Discussion of the hatching bees; wishes to have a copy of Martin Lister's account of breeding 'musca icneumones' (parasitic wasp which develops on or in the bodies of other insects)
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- EL/W3/44
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- 10 July 1671
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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Francis Willughby
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Francis Willughby, Francis Willughby, Letter, from Francis Willughby to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Middleton, 10 July 1671, EL/W3/44, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w3_44/letter-from-francis-willughby-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-middleton, accessed on 20 July 2026
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Henry Oldenburg
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Francis Willughby
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