RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Prof Meyer has recently ascertained in the U. States that the hairs on the antenna of [male] mosquitoes vibrate in unison with the various notes of a tuning fork. CUL-DAR89.72a. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and John van Wyhe, edited by John van Wyhe 11.2021. RN2
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR87-90 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man 2d ed. (1874-1877).
[72a]
It is said that Prof Meyer has recently ascertained in the U. States that the hairs on the antenna of ♂ mosquitoes vibrate in unison with the various notes of a Tuning fork within the range of the sounds which are emitted by the females— The longest that hairs vibrated sympathetically to the grav notes, & the short fibres to the higher notes.—
Under Music at the End.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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