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Spiders

Order of arachnids

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Images referencing Spiders

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  • A spider, both enlarged and life size. Coloured engraving.
  • A red water-spider (Hydrachna coccinea). Coloured engraving.
  • A giant spider catching crowds of humans in its web; representing tuberculosis. Colour lithograph by B. Cascella, ca. 1920.
  • Six insects and two spiders, including a cicada adult and nymph, a butterfly and two gnats. Gouache painting.
  • Allegorical figures hold up two scrolls, separated by a spider's web: one shows a straight line between "Charitas" and "Iustitia"; the other a crooked line between "Invidia" and "Avaritia". Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • A microscopic animal (Aseroe rubra) and a spider, both with anatomical segments. Engraving by Sparrow, ca. 1792, after J. Piron.
  • A giant spider catching crowds of humans in its web; representing tuberculosis. Colour lithograph by B. Cascella, ca. 1920.
  • Leaf and flowers of skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidum), a type of mollusc (Doris argo) and a dragon lizard (Draco volans). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1803, after J. Ihle.
  • A large barbary spider with her young in her web. Etching by J. Pass, ca. 1796, after J. E. Ihle.
  • A camel surrounded by various named animals, flowers and insects, including a giraffe and flying dragon. Engraving by D. Loggan, 1663, after W. Hollar.
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Insecta
Animals
Spider webs
Arachnida
Entomology