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Concept

Hymenoptera

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  • A chickweed plant (Cerastium quaternellum) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • Crested hair grass (Koeleria cristata) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • Dyer's rocket plant (Reseda luteola) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • A sedge (Carex dioica) with an associated insect and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • Coltsfoot flower and leaf (Tussilago farfara) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
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Catalogue

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    Ants, bees, and wasps : a record of observations on the habits of the social hymenoptera / by Sir John Lubbock.

    Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913. | Date: 1886
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    Bedstraw or crosswort plant (Galium cruciatum) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

    | Date: 1 October 1830 | Reference: 24168i
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    Ants, bees, and wasps : a record of observations on the habits of the social hymenoptera / by Sir John Lubbock.

    Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913. | Date: 1885
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    Catalogus Hymenopterorum Europae / auctore Leop. Kirchner ; herausgegeben von der K.K. Zool.-Botan. Gesellschaft in Wien.

    Kirchner, Leopold (Leopold Anton) | Date: 1867
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    Crested hair grass (Koeleria cristata) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

    | Date: 1 May 1831 | Reference: 24202i
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