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A chickweed plant (Cerastium quaternellum) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

Crested hair grass (Koeleria cristata) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

Dyer's rocket plant (Reseda luteola) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

A sedge (Carex dioica) with an associated insect and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

Coltsfoot flower and leaf (Tussilago farfara) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

Hazel twig (Corylus avellana) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

A wallflower (Cheiranthus cheiri) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

A sandwort plant (Arenaria serpyllifolia) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

An anemone plant (Anemone apennina) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

A sand spurrey plant (Spergularia media) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

Chickweed plant (Cerastium glomeratum) with two associated wasps and their anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

A knapweed (Centaurea species) with an associated insect and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

Ants, bees, and wasps : a record of observations on the habits of the social hymenoptera / by Sir John Lubbock.

Bedstraw or crosswort plant (Galium cruciatum) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

Catalogus Hymenopterorum Europae / auctore Leop. Kirchner ; herausgegeben von der K.K. Zool.-Botan. Gesellschaft in Wien.

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Hymenoptera

Images from the collections

Images referencing Hymenoptera

Works from the collections

Ants, bees, and wasps : a record of observations on the habits of the social hymenoptera / by Sir John Lubbock.

Bedstraw or crosswort plant (Galium cruciatum) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

Ants, bees, and wasps : a record of observations on the habits of the social hymenoptera / by Sir John Lubbock.

Catalogus Hymenopterorum Europae / auctore Leop. Kirchner ; herausgegeben von der K.K. Zool.-Botan. Gesellschaft in Wien.

Crested hair grass (Koeleria cristata) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

Hymenoptera

Images from the collections

Images referencing Hymenoptera

Works from the collections

Ants, bees, and wasps : a record of observations on the habits of the social hymenoptera / by Sir John Lubbock.

Bedstraw or crosswort plant (Galium cruciatum) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

Ants, bees, and wasps : a record of observations on the habits of the social hymenoptera / by Sir John Lubbock.

Catalogus Hymenopterorum Europae / auctore Leop. Kirchner ; herausgegeben von der K.K. Zool.-Botan. Gesellschaft in Wien.

Crested hair grass (Koeleria cristata) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

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