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From:
Alpheus Spring Packard, Jr
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 Oct 1879
Source of text:
DAR 174: 3
Summary:

This autumn several observers have noted Plusia moths caught in the flowers of Physianthus albens. Also bees attack and devour the trapped moths.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alpheus Spring Packard, Jr
Date:
23 Nov 1879
Source of text:
English Heritage, Down House (Scrapbook)
Summary:

Has never heard of bees that are carnivorous; hopes someone will investigate ASP’s observations.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project