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  • Caterpillars eating a hole in a tartan fabric; advertising Globol insecticide. Colour lithograph, 1958.
  • Lord Rosebery and two other politicians represented as caterpillars searching for leaves in a barren landscape. Drawing by A.S. Boyd, ca. 1895.
  • Court ladies producing silk under the supervision of the empress; their tasks include preparing eggs, chopping mulberry leaves, feeding caterpillars and unwinding cocoons. Colour woodcut by Kuniaki II, 1883.
  • A caterpillar. Engraving.
  • Larva (caterpillar), pupa (cocoon) and adult moth on a plant
  • Caterpillar, beetle and larva: three figures. Chromolithograph by H.J. Ruprecht, 1877.
  • A butterfly, a moth and a caterpillar in a meadow. Coloured etching by W. H. Lizars.
  • Common barberry (Berberis vulgaris) with an associated moth, its caterpillar, chrysalis and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • Prickly poppy (Argemone mexicana): flowering stem with caterpillar and insect. Etching by J. Pass, c. 1798, after J. Ihle.
  • A campion plant (Silene cucubalus) with an associated moth, its caterpillar and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • A hawthorn twig (Crataegus species) with an associated butterfly, its caterpillar, chrysalis and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • An amulet in the form of the Conaĉ or Murrain caterpillar used to ward off that particular creature. Coloured engraving.
  • Tree cotton (Gossypium arboreum): flowering and fruiting stem with caterpillar. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1807, after M. Merian.
  • A pine tree shoot (Pinus species) with an associated moth, its caterpillar and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • A variety of insects including the dragon fly, the lantern fly, the cricket and the caterpillar. Etching by I. Taylor.
  • Two flowering plants: sheep's-bit (Jasione montana) and jasmine (Jasminum officinale), with a hawk-moth caterpillar. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1811.
  • A flowering branch of medlar (Mespilus germanica) with butterfly, chrysalis and caterpillar of a Papilio species. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1816.
  • Silkworms: thirteen figures showing silkworms at various stages of development, from egg and caterpillar, to pupa and moth. Chromolithograph by H.J. Ruprecht, 1877.
  • Wattle (Acacia sp.) flowering stem with a blue locust and a faggot caterpillar emerging from its nest. Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1779.
  • A cornflower (Centaurea cyanus), autumn crocus (Colchicum species) and saffron crocus (Crocus sativus): three flowers with a caterpillar and bee. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Above, a swift, a swallow, a hyrax, an insect, a hippopotamus and a porcupine; below, two insect and a caterpillar and three reptiles, including a crocodile. Engraving by Heath.
  • A caterpillar bores a hole into the side of pear having just eaten a hole in an apple, an analogy to the voracious appetite and speed of growth of the HIV virus. Colour silk screen print after A. François, 1993.
  • A butterfly wearing a condom on its main body with a caterpillar nearby; an illustration by Edith Hirsch representing an advertisement for an auction exhibition of pictures on the theme of AIDS to benefit the Österreichische AIDS-Hilfe at the Zentrale der Wiener Rettung, Vienna between 29 November to 12 December 1988 in commemoration of World AIDS Day. Colour lithograph.
  • Twenty five different insects and the plants they live on. Engraving by I. Taylor.
  • A maggot in an arable field. Engraving.
  • Silk fibres
  • Among the many different presentations of penicillin V one name stands out : DQV-K : the quality oral penicillin.
  • Among the many different presentations of penicillin V one name stands out : DQV-K : the quality oral penicillin.
  • Nine vignettes advertising uses of Insecticide Vicat. Colour line block, ca. 1880.
  • Bald Faced Hornet