Beetle Collection (page 16)

Cochineal cactus and Kermes oak
Cochineal cactus or Indian fig opuntia, Opuntia ficus-indica, with cochineal beetle, Dactylopius coccus. Kermes beetle, Kermes vermilio, with Kermes oak, Quercus coccifera

Butterfly, Caterpillar, Moth, Insects and Currants, c. 1650-65 (gouache and ink on vellum)
3597290 Butterfly, Caterpillar, Moth, Insects and Currants, c.1650-65 (gouache and ink on vellum) by Kessel, Jan van, the Elder (1626-79); 13x17 cm; J

Cabbage worm, longhorn beetle, Rutpela maculata, on a flower. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Jacob l Admiral in Naauwkeurige Waarneemingen omtrent de veranderingen van veele

Peppered moth, Biston betularia, on branch. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Jacob l Admiral in Naauwkeurige Waarneemingen omtrent de veranderingen van veele Insekten

Rose beetle, Cetonia aurata, on a tulip. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Jacob l Admiral in Naauwkeurige Waarneemingen omtrent de veranderingen van veele Insekten

The Ears of the Hare, from Fontaine Fables, pub. 1905 (engraving)
3472070 The Ears of the Hare, from Fontaine Fables, pub. 1905 (engraving) by Billingshurst, Percy J. (1871-1933); The Stapleton Collection; out of copyright

Dangerous animals (colour litho)
2795429 Dangerous animals (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dangerous animals)

Plate from The Young Beetle-Collectors Handbook (chromolitho)
3643629 Plate from The Young Beetle-Collectors Handbook (chromolitho) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Plate from The Young Beetle-Collectors Handbook (chromolitho)
3643621 Plate from The Young Beetle-Collectors Handbook (chromolitho) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Three Butterflies, a Beetle and other Insects, with a Cutting of Ragwort
1217492 Three Butterflies, a Beetle and other Insects, with a Cutting of Ragwort, early 1650s (oil on copper) by Kessel, Jan van (1626-79); 9x13 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Scrap - decoupage design - Beetle. 1865

Curtis British Entomology Plate 554
Coleoptera: Brachinus scolpeta (Single-spotted Bombardier Beetle) [Plant: Parapholis incurva (Rottbollia incurvata, Sea Hard-grass)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 518
Coleoptera: Sphaereidium 4-maculatum = Sphaeridium scarabaeoides (4-spotted Dung Beetle) [Plant: Lepidium ruderale (Narrow-leaved Pepper Wort)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 490
Coleoptera: Lucanus cervus (Stag Beetle) [Plant: Filago vulgaris (Gnaphalium germanicum, Common Cudweed)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 363
Coleoptera: Uloma fagi = Alphitobius laevigatus (Bake-house beetle) [Plant: Helleborus foetidus (Bear?s Foot)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 355
Coleoptera: Lycoperdina bovistae (Puff-ball Beetle) [Plant: Bovista plumbea (Lycoperdon bovista, Puff-ball or Bull-fist)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 340
Coleoptera: Sitaris humeralis = Apalus muralis (Bees?-nest Beetle) [Plant: Scrophularia vernalis (Yellow Fig-wort)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 314
Coleoptera: Sarrotrium muticum = Orthocerus clavicornis (Hairy-horned Beetle) [Plant: Picris echioides (Bristly Ox-tongue)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 299
Coleoptera: Xylophilus oculatus = Aderus oculatus (Fly-headed Beetle) [Plant: Oxalis acetosella (Wood Sorrel)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 271
Coleoptera: Apate capucinus = Bostrichus capucinus (Capuchin Beetle) [Plant: Geum urbanum (Common Avens)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 251
Coleoptera: Leiodes cinnamomea (Truffle Beetle) [Plant: Tuber, cf. aestivum (Tuber cibarium = Lycoperdon tuber, Truffle)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 197
Coleoptera: Orchesia fasciata = Orchesia undulata (Banded Orchesia Jumping Beetle) [Plant: Malva moschata (Musk Mallow)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 151
Coleoptera: Cybister roeselii (Roesel?s Diving Beetle, a Mainland-European species) [Plant: Hottonia palustris (Water Violet)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 103
Coleoptera: Helobia gyllenhalii = Nebria gyllenhalii (Gyllenhal?s Helobia Beetle) [Plant: Saxifraga aizoides (Yellow Mountain Saxifrage)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 99
Coleoptera: Dytiscus dimidiatus (Thick-horned Dyticus Beetle) Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 79
Coleoptera: Gyrinus bicolor (Elongated Whirl-wig or Whirligig Beetle) [Plant: Parnassia palustris (Grass of Parnassus)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 51
Coleoptera: Platypus cylindrus (Cylindric Ambrosia Beetle) [Plant: Geranium pratense (Meadow Crane?s Bill)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 44
Coleoptera: Clerus alvearius = Trichodes alvearius (Bee-hive Beetle) [Plant: Meum athamanticum? (Athamanta libanotis, Mountain Spigmel)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 43
Coleoptera: Scolytus destructor = Scolytus scloytus (Elm Bark Beetle) [Plant: ?Ulmus campestris? agg. (Ulmus campestris?, Common Elm)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 19
Coleoptera: Rhipiphorus paradoxus = Metoecus paradoxus (Wasps? Nest Beetle) [Plant: Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 15
Coleoptera: Omaseus aterrimus = Pterostichus aterrimus (Black Omaseus Beetle) [Plant: Aleuria aurantia (Peziza aurantia, Orange Spread-cup)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 6
Coleoptera: Nebria livida (Yellow-margined Nebria Beetle) [Plant: Medicago lupulina (Nonesuch)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 1
Coleoptera: Cicindela sylvicola = Cicindela hybrida (Tiger Beetle) [Plant: Poa annua (Annual Meadow Grass)] Date: 1824-39

Cornflower and beetle (chromolitho)
968710 Cornflower and beetle (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cornflower and beetle)

Ring with the small cylinders hold a hinge around which a scarab in engraved onyx
LRI741092 Ring with the small cylinders hold a hinge around which a scarab in engraved onyx (= sardonyx) rotates and, on the flat face, a lion devours a deer, from Cuma

One hundred and fifty insects, dominated at the top by a large dragonfly
3431749 One hundred and fifty insects, dominated at the top by a large dragonfly (w/c with bodycolour on grey paper) by Rowan

Beetles, 1636 (chalk, wash & bodycolour on vellum)
695483 Beetles, 1636 (chalk, wash & bodycolour on vellum) by Holsteyn, Pieter the Elder (1580-1662); 16.3x20.6 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Dutch, out of copyright

Scarab finger ring, Middle Kingdom (gold cloisonne)
CH437784 Scarab finger ring, Middle Kingdom (gold cloisonne) by Egyptian 12th Dynasty (1991-1786 BC); width: 2.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Scarab finger ring, Middle Kingdom (gold cloisonne)
CH437782 Scarab finger ring, Middle Kingdom (gold cloisonne) by Egyptian 12th Dynasty (1991-1786 BC); width: 2.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Harvesting walnuts in Bosnia (chromolitho)
6033217 Harvesting walnuts in Bosnia (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Harvesting walnuts in Bosnia)

Insects and Fruit, c. 1660-5 (oil on copper)
3597291 Insects and Fruit, c.1660-5 (oil on copper) by Kessel, Jan van, the Elder (1626-79); 11x15.5 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Flemish, out of copyright

Beetles and Wasps, Pl. XXII, illustration from Recueil d
HMB306117 Beetles and Wasps, Pl.XXII, illustration from Recueil d observation de zoologie et d anatomie compare, faites dans l ocean atlantique

The great tumble bug of Missouri: Benton rolling his ball, 1837 (colour litho)
AQS332046 The great tumble bug of Missouri: Benton rolling his ball, 1837 (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); 40.1x28.5 cm; American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts

Various insects and a lizard, plate II from Diarium Zoologicum
BLT205783 Various insects and a lizard, plate II from Diarium Zoologicum, 1787 (pen & ink and w/c on paper) by Cuvier, Georges (1769-1832); Bibliotheque de l Institut de France, Paris

The Fairy Queens Messenger, and Elf and Owls, illustrations from In Fairyland
STC222017 The Fairy Queens Messenger, and Elf and Owls, illustrations from In Fairyland: A Series of Pictures from the Elf-World by William Allingham and Andrew Lang (colour litho) by Doyle

Scarab bracelet, from the Tomb of Tutankhamun, New Kingdom (gold & lapis lazuli)
XBP391025 Scarab bracelet, from the Tomb of Tutankhamun, New Kingdom (gold & lapis lazuli) by Egyptian 18th Dynasty (c.1567-1320 BC); diam: 5.4 cm; Egyptian National Museum, Cairo

The Metamorphoses of Calandra palmarum (engraving)
5224650 The Metamorphoses of Calandra palmarum (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Metamorphoses of Calandra palmarum)

Group of Idols (engraving)
5218389 Group of Idols (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Group of Idols. Illustration for Cassells Illustrated Family Bible Superior Edition (Cassell)

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