Beetle Collection (page 9)

Victorian scrap, heron, frog, snail and beetle (and another bird in the water) Date: late 19th century

Fumigating Westminster Hall, 1971
Canisters of pesticide in smoke form being used by the Department of the Environment in 1971 to fumigate Westminster Hall in London

Curtis British Entomology Plate 387
Coleoptera: *Anobium pertinax Linn. (Obstinate Death-watch Beetle). Binomial not located in 20th Century British checklists. Perhaps A

Guide to afterlife for Amunem-wija. Egypt
Guide to afterlife for Amunem-wija, chief of the domain. Papyrus. Third Intermediate Period. 21st Dynasty. 1075-946 BC. Thebes, Egypt. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany

Painted wooden stela of Neswy. Egypt
Painted wooden stela of Neswy with his Ba at the top. The scenes shown arranged in horizontal bands, from top to bottom, the winged solar disk flanked by the goddesses Nekhbet

POET WRITING IN GARRET
A poet writing in a garret (illustration to The Poet and the Death-Watch Beetle) Date: 1761

PTINUS FATIDICUS Death-watch beetle, believed to foretell a death in the house when they are heard tapping on wood Date: 1805

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Take me home
Atul Saluja

They all ran after the farmer's wife
"Three blind mice, Three blind mice, See how they run, See how they run, They all ran after the farmer's wife..." from the nursery rhyme as depicted in "The Diverting History of

Three blind mice painting, sepia
"Three blind mice, Three blind mice, See how they run, See how they run, They all ran after the farmer's wife, She cut off their tails with a carving knife

See how they run
"Three blind mice, Three blind mice, See how they run, See how they run..." from the nursery rhyme as depicted in "The Diverting History of Three Blind Mice" illustrated by Edmund

Carved wall representing three cartouches of king Thutmosis I and III, 1490-1436 BC, from el Deir el Bahari (limestone)
7062608 Carved wall representing three cartouches of king Thutmosis I and III, 1490-1436 BC, from el Deir el Bahari (limestone) by Egyptian; Luxor Museum of Ancient Art

Scarabs or dung beetles, symbols of the sun god worshipped in ancient Egypt used as amulets and seals
5309756 Scarabs or dung beetles, symbols of the sun god worshipped in ancient Egypt used as amulets and seals by Egyptian; Istanbul Archaeological Museum, Turkey; Photo © Stefano Baldini

Broad-nosed weevil (Exophthalmus opulentus) on leaf. Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

Jewel weevil (Eurhinus magnificus) on stem. El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

Flat-faced longhorn beetle (Deliathis incana) on branch. Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo state, Mexico

Harlequin beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) headshot close up. Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

Scarab from the neck bead of a mummy, Late Period, c. 600 BC (blue glass paste)
BAL3633 Scarab from the neck bead of a mummy, Late Period, c.600 BC (blue glass paste) by Egyptian 26th Dynasty (664-525 BC); Pilkington Glass Museum, St.Helens, Merseyside, UK

Beetles, c. 1755-65 (w/c on paper)
490316 Beetles, c.1755-65 (w/c on paper) by Ledoulx, Pierre Francois (1730-1807); 15.4x11.3 cm; Groeningemuseum, Bruges, Belgium; © Art in Flanders

Beetles, c. 1755-65 (w/c on paper)
490314 Beetles, c.1755-65 (w/c on paper) by Ledoulx, Pierre Francois (1730-1807); Groeningemuseum, Bruges, Belgium; © Art in Flanders

Stag, Chafer and Geelgerande Beetles, c. 1755-65 (w/c on paper)
490315 Stag, Chafer and Geelgerande Beetles, c.1755-65 (w/c on paper) by Ledoulx, Pierre Francois (1730-1807); 15.5x11.6 cm; Groeningemuseum, Bruges, Belgium; © Art in Flanders

Beetles, c. 1755-65 (w/c on paper)
490313 Beetles, c.1755-65 (w/c on paper) by Ledoulx, Pierre Francois (1730-1807); 15.2x11.1 cm; Groeningemuseum, Bruges, Belgium; © Art in Flanders

Friend or enemy?
Hober Szabolcs

Carabus rotundicollis beetle. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany
FLO5003845 Carabus rotundicollis beetle. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects

Ctenicera cuprea beetle (Elater chalybeus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British
FLO5004715 Ctenicera cuprea beetle (Elater chalybeus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare

Carabus nitens beetle. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany
FLO5003717 Carabus nitens beetle. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects

Minotaur beetle, Typhaeus typhoeus (Scarabaeus pumilus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The
FLO5004339 Minotaur beetle, Typhaeus typhoeus (Scarabaeus pumilus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare

Click beetle, Selatosomus aeneus (Elater cyaneus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British
FLO5003660 Click beetle, Selatosomus aeneus (Elater cyaneus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare

Male Highland Great diving beetle (Dytiscus lapponicus) on surface of water, Darnaway Estate, Highlands, Scotland, UK. May. Focus stacked. Captive

Sarosesthes fulminans beetle (Cerambyx fulminans). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British
FLO5004367 Sarosesthes fulminans beetle (Cerambyx fulminans). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare

Aphodius arenarius beetle (Scarabaeus ovalis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British
FLO5003775 Aphodius arenarius beetle (Scarabaeus ovalis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare

Green tiger beetle (Cicindela campestris) close uo portrait, Birchover, Derbyshire, UK. April. Focus stacked image

Heineken or Red Ale?
Antoni Figueras

Towards
Victoria Bykanova

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South Africa, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Dung Beetle rolling ball of fresh dung in Kalahari Desert Date: 17/07/2007

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Fregate Island Beetle - Indemic to island Date: 07/05/2005

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Fregate Island Beetle - Indemic to island Date: 07/05/2005

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Namibia, Etosha National Park. Close-up of Dung Beetle pushing ball of elephant dung through desert Date: 17/07/2007

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Namibia, Namib-Naukluft Park, Sossusvlei. A beetle makes tracks on Namib Desert sand dunes. Date: 05/10/2006

la strada
Luciano Caturegli

The climber
Nicolae Stefanel Rusu

RGB
Andrey Shpek

Hercules beetle, Dynastes hercules, perched on a rock. 1807 (aquatint)
7237476 Hercules beetle, Dynastes hercules, perched on a rock. 1807 (aquatint) by Daniell, William (1769-1837); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hercules beetle, Dynastes hercules, perched on a rock)

Design with insect motif, 1930s (colour litho)
STC439554 Design with insect motif, 1930s (colour litho) by Seguy, Emile-Allain (1877-1951); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection

Plate 14 from Insectes, pub. 1930s (pochoir print)
3328040 Plate 14 from Insectes, pub. 1930s (pochoir print) by Seguy, Emile-Allain (1877-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: 1. Entymus imperialis. Bresil; 2. Curculionide. Caracas; 3)

Plate 12 from Insectes, pub. 1930s (pochoir print)
3328038 Plate 12 from Insectes, pub. 1930s (pochoir print) by Seguy, Emile-Allain (1877-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: 1. Rhabdotis sobrins. Nubie; 2. Gnathocera varians. Senegal; 3)

Plate 3 from Insectes, pub. 1930s (pochoir print)
3329344 Plate 3 from Insectes, pub. 1930s (pochoir print) by Seguy, Emile-Allain (1877-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: 1. Batocera Hector. Java; 2. Callichroma suturalis. Guyane; 3)

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