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IN NATURE of September 8, p. 376, appears a report of a lecture on “Plants in Relation to the Health of Man,” in which Dr. A. W. Hill refers to the supposed property of camphor as a preservative of clothing against moth. Henri Fabre found camphor and naphthalene to have no effect upon moths, and I have found these insects utterly indifferent to such odoriferous substances. In fact, I doubt if they can smell at all. It would be interesting to hear of some definite experimental result bearing upon this point.
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JOHNSTON, R. Repellents of Clothes Moths. Nature 112, 622 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/112622d0
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