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Moths: The story of the butterfly of the night

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The History of Entomology

The concept of metamorphosis, that was quite lately realized, wasn't it? Yes, that really surprises me. Aristotle had certain ideas about beads of dew on leaves being the origins of the eggs and strange ideas like that. Scientists became baffled because in the mid 19th century, some moths with light-colored wings started turning a much darker color. And I think I'm talking about here the peppered moth. Do you tell us more about that?

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