Insect Collection (page 21)

Russian garden spider and tarantula (engraving)
8663692 Russian garden spider and tarantula (engraving) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Russian garden spider and tarantula)

Scorpion and Italian tarantula (engraving)
8663684 Scorpion and Italian tarantula (engraving) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scorpion and Italian tarantula)

Parasites of the human skin (coloured engraving)
8655715 Parasites of the human skin (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Parasites of the human skin)

Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho)
8669899 Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

British Insects: Night Fliers (engraving)
8642368 British Insects: Night Fliers (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Night Fliers)

"This bee shall be my messenger" (colour litho)
8639146 "This bee shall be my messenger" (colour litho) by Richardson, Frederick (1862-1937); Private Collection; (add.info)

British Insects: Hawk Moths (engraving)
8642364 British Insects: Hawk Moths (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hawk Moths)

British Insects: Glow-Worm, Oil-Beetles, Weevils, Long-Horns, and Lady-Birds (engraving)
8642359 British Insects: Glow-Worm, Oil-Beetles, Weevils, Long-Horns, and Lady-Birds (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Glow-Worm, Oil-Beetles, Weevils)

British Insects: Rove Beetles and Burying Beetles (engraving)
8642354 British Insects: Rove Beetles and Burying Beetles (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rove Beetles and Burying Beetles)

British Insects: Ground Beetles (engraving)
8642352 British Insects: Ground Beetles (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ground Beetles)

British Insects: Tiger Beetles and Bombardier (engraving)
8642350 British Insects: Tiger Beetles and Bombardier (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tiger Beetles and Bombardier)

Binnacle, Blackberry, Blunderbuss, Bobolink, Body-guards, Book-keeper, Buffalo, Burning-glass, Butterfly, Button-hole
8650098 Binnacle, Blackberry, Blunderbuss, Bobolink, Body-guards, Book-keeper, Buffalo, Burning-glass, Butterfly, Button-hole, Calabash, Calico (engraving) by German School

Bassoon, Battle, Beaver, Bedroom, Beehive, Beer-glass, Beetle, Beggar, Behead, Belfry, Bellman, Bellows (engraving)
8650032 Bassoon, Battle, Beaver, Bedroom, Beehive, Beer-glass, Beetle, Beggar, Behead, Belfry, Bellman, Bellows (engraving) by German School

Street lamp attracting insects at night (engraving)
8641656 Street lamp attracting insects at night (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Street lamp attracting insects at night)

Sir John Tenniel cartoon: The Bear and the Bees, A New Version of an Old Story (engraving)
8657241 Sir John Tenniel cartoon: The Bear and the Bees, A New Version of an Old Story (engraving) by Tenniel, John (1820-1914) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Bear and the Bees)

He felt a funny tickling on his back (colour litho)
8652220 He felt a funny tickling on his back (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: He felt a funny tickling on his back)

British Insects: Geometers and Noctuae (engraving)
8643427 British Insects: Geometers and Noctuae (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Geometers and Noctuae)

Cover of Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui, number 328,, illustration by Georges Auriol: Smoking - Insects
ICA4842455 Cover of Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui, number 328,, illustration by Georges Auriol: Smoking - Insects, Sarrazin Jehan (John) (1833-1914) by Auriol

Diagram of life in the later Paleozoic or Palaeozoic Era (print)
7420068 Diagram of life in the later Paleozoic or Palaeozoic Era (print); (add.info.: Diagram of life in the later Paleozoic or Palaeozoic Era. Swamp forest of the Carboniferous Age)

The three states of an insect as seen in the Great Capricornis, aka, the great capricorn beetle (Cerambyx cerdo) , 1882
7125187 The three states of an insect as seen in the Great Capricornis, aka, the great capricorn beetle (Cerambyx cerdo)

A native hut illuminated by luminous beetles in a cage, 1882 (engraving)
7125186 A native hut illuminated by luminous beetles in a cage, 1882 (engraving); (add.info.: A native hut illuminated by luminous beetles in a cage, 19th century)

Milkweed
5855208 Milkweed; (add.info.: Common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science," Florence, Italy)

A pair of jewelled lorgnettes; A French jewelled and plique-a-jour enamel dragonfly brooch; Art Nouveau plique-a-jour
1766488 A pair of jewelled lorgnettes; A French jewelled and plique-a-jour enamel dragonfly brooch; Art Nouveau plique-a-jour enamel brooch; a French Art Nouveau brooch pendant

First World War: France, humorous postcard playing on the ambiguity of the word " falcon" showing a winning
LUX4736785 First World War: France, humorous postcard playing on the ambiguity of the word " falcon" showing a winning plane and a beaten eagle, 1914

Engraving depicting the life cycle of a Cossus Cossus (Goat Moth), a moth of the family Cossidae, 19th century
5309279 Engraving depicting the life cycle of a Cossus Cossus (Goat Moth), a moth of the family Cossidae, 19th century; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the life cycle of a Cossus Cossus (Goat Moth)

Little girl with insect, from 'Picture Book of Animals' by Rev. C.A. Johns, pub. 1886 (print)
3742756 Little girl with insect, from 'Picture Book of Animals' by Rev. C.A. Johns, pub. 1886 (print) by English School

Cetonia aurata (Ensemble de cetoines dores ou chafer des roses - green rose chafer)
CSO4997138 Cetonia aurata (Ensemble de cetoines dores ou chafer des roses - green rose chafer), Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille; (add.info)

Psalidognathus friendi (Ensemble de coleopteres - species of beetles), Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille
CSO4997097 Psalidognathus friendi (Ensemble de coleopteres - species of beetles), Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille; (add.info)

Chrysomela catalia (Ensemble de coleopteres - variety of leaf beetles), Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille
CSO4997093 Chrysomela catalia (Ensemble de coleopteres - variety of leaf beetles), Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille; (add.info)

Belostomatidae (aquatic hemiptere insect - giant water bugs), Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille
CSO4997085 Belostomatidae (aquatic hemiptere insect - giant water bugs), Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille; (add.info.: Belostomatidae (aquatic hemiptere insect - giant water bugs)

Arginnis paphia (Ensemble tabac d'Espagne - Silver-washed fritillary), Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille
CSO4996821 Arginnis paphia (Ensemble tabac d'Espagne - Silver-washed fritillary), Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille; (add.info)

Representation of a scarab (Scarabaeoidea, beetle). Late 19th century (chromolithograph)
ELD4951323 Representation of a scarab (Scarabaeoidea, beetle). Late 19th century (chromolithograph); Private Collection; Photo © The Holbarn Archive.

Colonel Thomas Lincoln Casey Sr., engineer of the Washington Monument, 1880s
NWI4948805 Colonel Thomas Lincoln Casey Sr., engineer of the Washington Monument, 1880s.; (add.info.: Colonel Thomas Lincoln Casey Sr., engineer of the Washington Monument)

Engraving colorisee, 19th century - Gnomes sleeping beneath a mushroom - Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century
NWI4931074 Engraving colorisee, 19th century - Gnomes sleeping beneath a mushroom - Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration; (add.info.: Engraving colorisee)

Giant saturn butterfly, Zeuxidia aurelius (Aurelius butterfly, Papilio aurelius)
FLO4974674 Giant saturn butterfly, Zeuxidia aurelius (Aurelius butterfly, Papilio aurelius). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Vegetable mite. Copper engraving by Frederick Polydor Nodder (1751-1801), George Shaw's illustration for
FLO4974687 Vegetable mite. Copper engraving by Frederick Polydor Nodder (1751-1801), George Shaw's illustration for the naturalist collection, published in 1790 by George Shaw. Vegetating mite

Grasshopper without wings. Colour engraving after a 19th century illustration
NWI4955126 Grasshopper without wings. Colour engraving after a 19th century illustration.; (add.info.: Grasshopper without wings)

Locust or migratory locust (Schistocerca americana). Colour engraving after a 19th century illustration
NWI4955079 Locust or migratory locust (Schistocerca americana). Colour engraving after a 19th century illustration.; (add.info.: Locust or migratory locust (Schistocerca americana)

Justice crashed anarchy but saved monopolies. Caricature by W.A.Rogers, 1888
NWI4958476 Justice crashed anarchy but saved monopolies. Caricature by W.A.Rogers, 1888.; (add.info.: Justice crashed anarchy but saved monopolies)

Natural Sciences: Kansas Grasshopper. 19th century colour engraving
NWI4955063 Natural Sciences: Kansas Grasshopper. 19th century colour engraving.; (add.info.: Natural Sciences: Kansas Grasshopper. 19th century colour engraving.); Photo © North Wind Pictures.

France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69), Lyon: Bees and bees at a beekeeper, honey recovery phase, 1910
LUX4801593 France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69), Lyon: Bees and bees at a beekeeper, honey recovery phase, 1910; (add.info.: France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69), Lyon: Bees and bees at a beekeeper

Fossil plants and insects - Chromolithography of Geology and Paleontology by Friedrich Rolle (1827-1887)
FLO4694068 Fossil plants and insects - Chromolithography of Geology and Paleontology by Friedrich Rolle (1827-1887), extract from Natural History by Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert (1780-1860)

Butterflies, 'The Danaide Cecile, the Danaide Anais, the Danaide Edmont and the Jules Nymule', 1837 (paper)
7340817 Butterflies, 'The Danaide Cecile, the Danaide Anais, the Danaide Edmont and the Jules Nymule', 1837 (paper) by Potentien

Allegory of Austria: an old man with a guepe body pierces a spee and wings color of the French flag
JAB5037046 Allegory of Austria: an old man with a guepe body pierces a spee and wings color of the French flag. Postcard from the beginning of the 20th century; (add.info.: Allegory of Austria)

A little girl smiling in a butterfly decor. Postcard from the beginning of the 20th century
JAB5037061 A little girl smiling in a butterfly decor. Postcard from the beginning of the 20th century; (add.info.: A little girl smiling in a butterfly decor)

Allegory of Japan: a young butterfly woman with wings color of Japan. Postcard from the beginning of the 20th century
JAB5037060 Allegory of Japan: a young butterfly woman with wings color of Japan. Postcard from the beginning of the 20th century; (add.info.: Allegory of Japan)

Corydale cornu (CORYDALIS CORNUTUS) Insects In " Dictionnaire universel d'Histoire naturelle" by M
JAB5036894 Corydale cornu (CORYDALIS CORNUTUS) Insects In " Dictionnaire universel d'Histoire naturelle" by M

Ophidere Empereur (OPHIDERES IMPERATOR) Lepidopteres In " Dictionnaire universel d'Histoire naturelle" by
JAB5036891 Ophidere Empereur (OPHIDERES IMPERATOR) Lepidopteres In " Dictionnaire universel d'Histoire naturelle" by Mr

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"Insects: Nature's Tiny Wonders Unveiled" Majestic and rare, the Ornithoptera alexandrae, also known as Queen Alexandra's birdwing butterfly, gracefully flutters through the rainforests. A mesmerizing sight - honey bees diligently at work on a honeycomb, creating nature's golden elixir. Delving into the intricate world of honey bees (Apis mellifera), witness their fascinating life cycle in an expanded cross-section of a hive. The Venus fly trap - a carnivorous plant that lures unsuspecting insects with its captivating beauty before trapping them for nourishment. Step into the entomologist's realm and marvel at an array of meticulously preserved insect specimens, each telling its own story. Journey back in time through historical artwork depicting bee anatomy, showcasing how our understanding of these buzzing creatures has evolved over centuries. Maria Sibylla Merian's exquisite butterfly illustrations transport us to a world where colors dance on delicate wings with unmatched elegance. Explore the diversity of insects through an assortment of species; from beetles to butterflies, each one plays a vital role in maintaining ecological balance. Catching some rays on a sun-kissed plant leaf, the Red Admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) basks in warmth while displaying its vibrant patterns for all to admire. Behold the beetle display case J970134 – an extraordinary collection showcasing nature’s incredible variety within this diverse insect order.