Six insects and two spiders, including a cicada adult and nymph, a butterfly and two gnats. Gouache painting.

A flowering fuchsia (Fuchsia coccinea) and a planthopper insect (Fulgora diadema) in both pupal and adult state. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1805, after J. Ihle.

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