Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Letter
  • Published:

Waterton's Wanderings—Goat-suckers

Nature volume 20, page 7 (1879)Cite this article

Abstract

ONE would like further information respecting the “nocturnal flies” which settle on the udders of cows or goats, and may be seen on moonlight nights. Many lepidoptera and coleoptera and a few hymenoptera are nocturnal, but are not known to adopt the habit described. Of the true flies, diptera, are any nocturnal?

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on SpringerLink
  • Instant access to the full article PDF.

USD 39.95

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Similar content being viewed by others

Authors
  1. HENRY H. HIGGINS
    View author publications

    Search author on:PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

HIGGINS, H. Waterton's Wanderings—Goat-suckers. Nature 20, 7 (1879). https://doi.org/10.1038/020007b0

Download citation

  • Issue date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/020007b0

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing