Charles Darwin first became interested in entomology during his childhood, and this interest grew into a beetle-collecting obsession during his college days. Following the voyage of the Beagle, his focus on insects shifted from collecting specimens to searching for insect observations that supported his theory of natural selection as proposed in On the Origin of Species. Initially, Darwin believed that entomologists were opposed to his views. Using Darwin's correspondence, I show that his perception was based, in part, on three reviews, including one that he erroneously attributed to an entomological critic, and that not all entomologists were opposed to his ideas. Henry Walter Bates, discoverer of Batesian mimicry, voiced his support of Darwin in his papers and during meetings of the (now Royal) Entomological Society. In America, entomologist Benjamin D. Walsh wrote to Darwin in 1864, expressing his support and promising to counter any anti-Darwinian attack, and by 1868, Darwin was enjoying significant entomological support on both sides of the Atlantic. After his death in 1882, Darwin's supporters gained influence in Britain and the United States, completing entomology's shift to a Darwinian perspective.

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十九世纪对达尔文理论的昆虫学反应。

查尔斯·达尔文（Charles Darwin）在童年时代就对昆虫学产生了浓厚的兴趣，而这种兴趣在他上大学的时候就变得痴迷于甲虫。在小猎犬号航行之后，他对昆虫的关注从收集标本转向寻找昆虫的观察结果，从而支持了他在《物种起源》中提出的自然选择理论。最初，达尔文认为昆虫学家反对他的观点。使用达尔文的书信，我表明他的看法部分基于三项评论，其中包括他错误地归因于昆虫学评论家，而并非所有昆虫学家都反对他的观点。贝茨模仿者的发现者亨利·沃尔特·贝茨（Henry Walter Bates）在他的论文和（现为皇家）昆虫学会的会议中表达了对达尔文的支持。在美国，昆虫学家本杰明·沃尔什（Benjamin D. Walsh）于1864年致函达尔文（Darwin），表达了他的支持并承诺将抵抗任何反达尔文主义的袭击。到1868年，达尔文在大西洋两岸都获得了重要的昆虫学支持。在1882年去世后，达尔文的支持者在英国和美国获得了影响力，从而完成了昆虫学向达尔文主义观点的转变。