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Insect-plant relationships

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  • A chickweed plant (Cerastium quaternellum) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • A cabbage plant (Brassica oleracea) with an associated moth or butterfly and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • Wild garlic plant (Allium ursinum) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • Dyer's greenweed plant (Genista tinctoria) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • A grass (Arundo arenaria) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
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    A groundsel plant (Senecio viscosus) with an associated beetle and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

    | Date: 1 April 1830 | Reference: 24044i
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    Cochineal cactus (Nopalea cochenillifera) with insects that feed on it, including the cochineal insect (Dactylopius coccus). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1801, after J. Ihle.

    Ihle, Johann-Eberhard, 1727-1814. | Date: 27 November 1801 | Reference: 25390i
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    A cat's-ear plant (Hypochaeris radicata) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

    | Date: 1 December 1831 | Reference: 24230i
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    Spurge laurel plant (Daphne laureola) with an associated moth and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

    | Date: 1 August 1831 | Reference: 24213i
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    A campion plant (Silene cucubalus) with an associated moth, its caterpillar and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

    | Date: 1 May 1830 | Reference: 24046i
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