Letter, from Francis Willughby to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Middleton
Reference number: EL/W3/45
Date: 24 August 1671
Description
States that Lister's opinion that 'musca icneumones' lay their eggs in the bodies of caterpillars is probably true, but difficult to prove; discusses icneumon wasps and their breeding
Read to the Royal Society on 2 November 1617
- Reference number
- EL/W3/45
- Earliest possible date
- 24 August 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, 24 August 1671, EL/W3/45, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w3_45/letter-from-francis-willughby-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-middleton, accessed on 11 August 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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