THE FREEZING OF INSECTS

In the 22nd Report of the Entomological Society of Ontario, being that for 1891, there appeared a paper from my pen under the title “Can Insects Survive Freezing?” I have recently come across further records of observations upon this subject, and deem them of sufficient interest to be republished in...

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Published in:The Canadian Entomologist
Main Author: Lyman, Henry H.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1898
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/ent30287-11
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0008347X00109289
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Summary:In the 22nd Report of the Entomological Society of Ontario, being that for 1891, there appeared a paper from my pen under the title “Can Insects Survive Freezing?” I have recently come across further records of observations upon this subject, and deem them of sufficient interest to be republished in the Canadian Entomologist. In looking over and interesting book of travels entitled “A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean, undertaken by order of the Hudson's Bay Company for the discovery of copper mines, a north-west passage, etc., in the years 1769, 1770, 1771 and 1772, by Samuel Hearne,” published in 1796, I came across the following interesting notes on page 397