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  • Caroli Linnaei ... Fauna Svecica sistens animalia Sveciae regni qvadrupedia, aves, amphibia, pisces, insecta, vermes, distributa per classes et ordines, genera et species. Cum differentiis specierum synonymis autorum, nominibus incolarum, locis habitationum, descriptionibus insectorum / [Carl von Linné].
  • An insect, possibly a leaf-insect. Coloured etching.
  • Insect Molt/Moult
  • Insect Molt/Moult
  • Advertisement for Sketofax insect repellent
  • Insect, SEM head and antennae
  • SEM of compound eye of insect
  • Genuine Dalmatian insect powder for the destruction of insects : quite harmless to animal life but effectually destroys every tribe of insect.
  • Genuine Dalmatian insect powder for the destruction of insects : quite harmless to animal life but effectually destroys every tribe of insect.
  • Genuine Dalmatian insect powder for the destruction of insects : quite harmless to animal life but effectually destroys every tribe of insect.
  • SEM close-up of tip of insect antenna
  • Insect, SEM head, antennae, and CU antenna tip.
  • A purple insect. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1967.
  • Marvels of forest insect life / R. Neil Chrystal.
  • Marvels of forest insect life / R. Neil Chrystal.
  • A purple insect. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1967.
  • Marvels of forest insect life / R. Neil Chrystal.
  • Marvels of forest insect life / R. Neil Chrystal.
  • A colossal bluebottle (insect). Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1967.
  • A colossal bluebottle (insect). Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1967.
  • A winged insect emerging from its pupa. Coloured etching.
  • 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.
  • Protium serratum: fruiting branch, sections of fruit and conspicuous insect. Coloured line engraving.
  • A fern with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • A golden-winged flycatcher (bird) catching an insect. Watercolour by J.C. Lettsom, 1757.
  • A stick insect surrounded by parts of its bodily structure. Etching by Lebrun after Blanchard.
  • A sedge (Carex dioica) with an associated insect and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • A knapweed (Centaurea species) with an associated insect and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • Remedies against insect bites, corns, indigestion, burns, gout, poisoning etc. Lithograph by F. D'Avignon, 1857.
  • Twenty four anatomical segments of an insect. Colour wood engraving by E. Evans after T. West.