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TRACES OF THE ANIMAL PAST: METHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGES IN ANIMAL HISTORY
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
5-2023
Subjects
Famines -- History
Abstract
The flies began emerging from the wheat around dusk, giving Margaretta Hare Morris little more than half an hour to observe the tiny, delicate creatures as they flitted from stalk to stalk. Requiring a magnifying glass to see them in any detail, Morris had first observed the flies as flaxseed-like pupa sleepily clinging to the young wheat plants in her neighbour’s field a few days prior, but now that they had fully transformed, there were too many and they were too quick to count. The swarms hovered over the wheat field, laying their eggs in the grain to secure a good food source for the next generation.
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https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/40246
Citation Details
McNeur, Catherine, "Vanishing Flies and the Lady Entomologist" (2023). History Faculty Publications and Presentations. 89.
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/40246