Lepidoptera? if the name doesn't ring a bell, the butterflies and moths that make up this order will! Transcribe Carl Heinrich's field notebooks to learn more about the insect-plant relationships he detailed in 1918.
Lepidoptera ? if the name doesn't ring a bell, the butterflies and moths that make up this order will! Transcribe Carl Heinrich's field notebooks to learn more about the insect-plant relationships he detailed in 1918.
Before joining the United States Department of Agriculture, entomologist Carl Heinrich (1880-1955) studied Greek, drama, and music. The dance of the butterfly must have appealed to his previous training; his field notebooks list the results of plants he examined for disease and parasites. Heinrich researched the symbiotic relationships between plants and insects. His work in Texan fields near Anahuac, Double Bayou, and Lake Charlotte are included in this notebook; also included are itineraries, shopping lists, and an unfinished poem. Heinrich's entries and trip details are arranged by date, with details given by location, and sometimes by identified field.
This field book is part of the Field Book Project and Registry: a conservation and digitization initiative co-sponsored by the National Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian Institution Archives. Help others learn more about Carl Heinrich and the Field Book Project and Registry by transcribing this field book from the Smithsonian Institution Archives.