The Invention of "Sugaring" for Moths in Ninetheeth-Century England

Authors

Ronald Sterne Wilkinson, University College, London

Document Type

Peer-Review Article

Abstract

[excerpt] Those who find enjoyment in the books of P. B.M. Allan have had at least an introduction to the history of our familiar method of using artificial bait to attract nocturnal Lepidoptera (Allan, 1937, 1943, 1947). While the present paper was in manuscript, D. E. Allen's welcome contribution on the origin of the method came to hand (Allen, 1965); several historians of science have since added their comments (Allan, 1965; Wilkinson, 1965). The discovery of additional material in the publications of the early nineteenth century has made desirable a summary of what we now know about the development of " sugaring. "

Recommended Citation

Wilkinson, Ronald Sterne 1966. "The Invention of "Sugaring" for Moths in Ninetheeth-Century England," The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 1 (1)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22543/0090-0222.1004
Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol1/iss1/1