Mary Treat

Mary Treat
Born
Mary Davis

September 7, 1830 (1830-09-07)
Trumansburg, New York
DiedApril 11, 1923 (1923-04-12) (aged 92)
Pembroke, New York
Occupation(s)naturalist and botanist, entomologist, author

Mary Lua Adelia Treat (née Davis; September 7, 1830 – April 11, 1923) was an American naturalist, writer, and correspondent of Charles Darwin. Treat's contributions to both botany and entomology were extensive. She discovered five species of plants and animals that were named for her, including an amaryllis called Zephyranthes treatae, an oak gall wasp species called Belonocnema treatae, and three ant species - Aphaenogaster mariae, Aphaenogaster treatae, and Dolichoderus mariae.

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