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John Curtis

English entomologist and illustrator (1791–1862)

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Entomology

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  • An anemone (Anemone alba): flowering plant. Coloured engraving by Weddell, c. 1820, after J. Curtis.
  • 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.
  • Two fish and a cross-section of their gills. Etching by J. Curtis.
  • 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.
  • Crested hair grass (Koeleria cristata) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • A broomrape plant (Orobanche minor) with an associated beetle and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • A mint plant (Mentha species) with an associated moth or butterfly and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
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Images featuring John Curtis

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  • John Curtis. Lithograph by T. H. Maguire, 1850.

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Botany
Plants
Insecta
Insect-plant relationships
Entomology
Insects - Anatomy
Coleoptera
Lepidoptera
Hymenoptera
Moths