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Common Names of Insects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

D. C. Eidt
D. C. Eidt
Affiliation:
Committee on Common Names of Insects, Entomological Society of Canada
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“And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air: and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.” – Genesis 2:19.

There is such a great number of species of insects that Adam's task, at least in this great class of “beasts” is by no means finished. There are names of insects in every language of the world. There are also “scientific” Latin names governed by an agreed set of rules and are therefore the most accurate. They are truly international, but have meaning only for the entomologist and a few others. For this reason, the so-called “common” names, are used by the public, who are free to coin new ones whenever they like.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 90 , Issue 8 , August 1958 , pp. 494 - 496
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1958

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