Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1899 — How Frozen Insects Revive. [ARTICLE]

How Frozen Insects Revive.

Experiments in reviving frozen insects, by S. F. Aaron, show some surprising results. A large Cecropia moth, frozen in the center of a snowball until it was perfectly brittle, revived in twenty seconds when held near a stove. Several newly hatched Io moths revived in a similar manner after being frozen stiff, and then thawed out Similar experiments with ants, butterflies and house flies gave the same results. But Mr. Aaron noticed that recently hatched insects resist cold better than older ones.