Note 3179 — BOOK XVII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE CULTIVATED TREES. (continued 2)
John Bostock translation
It is not known, with certainty, what these worms or caterpillars were. The larva of the capricorn beetle, or of the stag-beetle, has been suggested. Geoffroi thinks that it may have been the larva of the palm-weevil. This taste for caterpillars, probably, no longer prevails in any part of Europe.