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...Harvard biologists have found that when the female polyphemus moth, receives the vapor from the oak through its antennae, it releases a chemical--a sex pheromone--which activates the male...
...ever found or looked for a similar system where a plant is necessary to turn on an animal," Dr. Lynn M. Riddiford, assistant professor of Biology, said yesterday. She and Carroll M. Williams '46, Bussey Professor of Biology, have been investigating the sex life of the moth since last March...
...pair made the discovery several months ago when Dr. Riddiford needed moth eggs, and learned that they had never been produced in the laboratory. She found that although males usually are attracted to female moths from as far away as two miles, they failed to mate when caged together in the laboratory...
...minor miracle last month when British Yachtsman Francis Chichester, 65, slid into Australia's Sydney harbor after sailing all alone in his 53-ft. ketch Gipsy Moth IV for 14,000 miles from England by way of the Cape of Good Hope. Chichester arrived safe, happy, and exhausted after 105 days at sea. This week, Chichester will set out alone once more, heading for England by way of the perilous route around South America's Cape Horn, whose vicious seas and fickle winds have destroyed many a fully manned vessel. Back home, another old salt, Captain Alan Villiers...
Nevertheless, Chichester set sail aboard the $84,000 two-masted yacht, which was rigged as a ketch for ease in handling by one man. Named after the De Havilland plane that Chichester had once piloted around the Pacific, the slender-beamed Gipsy Moth was outfitted for comfort. In his quarters were a galley designed by his wife, a red upholstered chair with a safety belt and a radio transmitter by which to report his weekly progress to two London newspapers...