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A variety of insect life including beetles, wasps and dragonflies. Engraving by R. Scott after T. Brown.

The martyrdom of Marcus, Bishop of Arethusa. Etching after T. Stothard.

A variety of insects including beetles, moths, wasps and flies. Engraving by R. Scott after T. Brown.

Four wasps (Vespa species), two around vegetation. Coloured etching.

Parasitoid wasp Wallaceaphytis kikiae, LM.

Six dragonflies and a wasp. Lithograph by G. Engelmann after P. Oudart.

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

Ten insects, including an ichneumon, a gnat and a king, a queen, a labourer and a soldier ant. Engraving by G. F. Schroeder, ca. 1822.

The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma / edited by W.T. Blanford, A.E. Shipley, assisted by A.K. Marshall. Hymenoptera. Vol.I, Wasps and bees. Vol.II, Ants and cuckoo-wasps / by C.T. Bingham. Vol. III, Ichneumonidae:-I. Ichneumones Deltoidei / by Claude Morley.

Curious naturalists / Niko Tinbergen.

Insects with the heads of humans assail a bee hive as ministerial bees emerge to defend the Treasury bench. Line block after J. Gillray, 1873.

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Wasps

Images from the collections

Images referencing Wasps

Works from the collections

The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma / edited by W.T. Blanford, A.E. Shipley, assisted by A.K. Marshall. Hymenoptera. Vol.I, Wasps and bees. Vol.II, Ants and cuckoo-wasps / by C.T. Bingham. Vol. III, Ichneumonidae:-I. Ichneumones Deltoidei / by Claude Morley.

The martyrdom of Marcus, Bishop of Arethusa. Etching after T. Stothard.

Curious naturalists / Niko Tinbergen.

Four wasps (Vespa species), two around vegetation. Coloured etching.

Insects with the heads of humans assail a bee hive as ministerial bees emerge to defend the Treasury bench. Line block after J. Gillray, 1873.

Wasps

Images from the collections

Images referencing Wasps

Works from the collections

The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma / edited by W.T. Blanford, A.E. Shipley, assisted by A.K. Marshall. Hymenoptera. Vol.I, Wasps and bees. Vol.II, Ants and cuckoo-wasps / by C.T. Bingham. Vol. III, Ichneumonidae:-I. Ichneumones Deltoidei / by Claude Morley.

The martyrdom of Marcus, Bishop of Arethusa. Etching after T. Stothard.

Curious naturalists / Niko Tinbergen.

Four wasps (Vespa species), two around vegetation. Coloured etching.

Insects with the heads of humans assail a bee hive as ministerial bees emerge to defend the Treasury bench. Line block after J. Gillray, 1873.

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