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Wasps Collection (#2)

"Exploring the World of Wasps: From Rugby to Nature's Marvels" The Ricoh Arena Stadium - home to the mighty Wasps Rugby Union team

Background imageWasps Collection: Damian Cronin

Damian Cronin Scotland & Wasps Rugby Union 04 March 1998 Date: 04 March 1998

Background imageWasps Collection: Hives with Wasps, and a Box with a Spoon for Honey, 19th century. Creator: Kubo Shunman

Hives with Wasps, and a Box with a Spoon for Honey, 19th century. Creator: Kubo Shunman
Hives with Wasps, and a Box with a Spoon for Honey, 19th century

Background imageWasps Collection: Insects and other invertebrates (chromolitho)

Insects and other invertebrates (chromolitho)
5226759 Insects and other invertebrates (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Insects and other invertebrates)

Background imageWasps Collection: A Suburban Butterfly Hunt (chromolitho)

A Suburban Butterfly Hunt (chromolitho)
1055784 A Suburban Butterfly Hunt (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Suburban Butterfly Hunt)

Background imageWasps Collection: Phosphorescent Sea Pen, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)

Phosphorescent Sea Pen, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)
999511 Phosphorescent Sea Pen, 1833-39 (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageWasps Collection: Mongoose, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)

Mongoose, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)
999148 Mongoose, 1833-39 (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Dictionnaire pittoresque d histoire naturelle et des phenomAnes de la natureA)

Background imageWasps Collection: Wasps, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)

Wasps, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)
999445 Wasps, 1833-39 (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Dictionnaire pittoresque d histoire naturelle et des phenomAnes de la natureA, 1833-39)

Background imageWasps Collection: Comic postcard, Dog with a wasp on its tail Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Dog with a wasp on its tail Date: 20th century

Background imageWasps Collection: Wasps and their nests (litho)

Wasps and their nests (litho)
6013417 Wasps and their nests (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wasps and their nests)

Background imageWasps Collection: A wasp threatens to settle on my nose - The Water Cure

A wasp threatens to settle on my nose - The Water Cure
Just as the doctor has fixed me in my arm and leg bath, a wasp threatens to settle on my nose - The Water Cure. 1870

Background imageWasps Collection: Wasps and hairy caterpillar, 1788 (woodblock)

Wasps and hairy caterpillar, 1788 (woodblock)
873623 Wasps and hairy caterpillar, 1788 (woodblock) by Utamaro, Kitagawa (1753-1806); 21.59 x31.91 cm; San Diego Museum of Art, USA; eSan Diego Museum of Art; Gift of Mrs

Background imageWasps Collection: Fossil skeleton of an extinct plesiosaurus, and wasps

Fossil skeleton of an extinct plesiosaurus, and wasps
Fossil skeleton of an extinct plesiosaurus 4, and wasps, Plesia species 1-3. Handcoloured steel engraving by du Casse after an illustration by Adolph Fries from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles

Background imageWasps Collection: Deaths head hawkmoth, digger wasps, ball lichen

Deaths head hawkmoth, digger wasps, ball lichen
Ball lichen, Sphaerophorus globulus 1, Dynamene crustacean 2, digger wasps, Sphex species 3, 4, and African deaths head hawkmoth, Acherontia atropos, and caterplillar 5

Background imageWasps Collection: Dangerous animals (colour litho)

Dangerous animals (colour litho)
2795429 Dangerous animals (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dangerous animals)

Background imageWasps Collection: Lawrence Dallaglio (Wasps) - England rugby player

Lawrence Dallaglio (Wasps) - England rugby player Date: 1990s - 2000s

Background imageWasps Collection: Gall wasp, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)

Gall wasp, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)
999192 Gall wasp, 1833-39 (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Dictionnaire pittoresque d histoire naturelle et des phenomAnes de la natureA)

Background imageWasps Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 198

Curtis British Entomology Plate 198
Hymenoptera: Anomalon vesparum = Sphecopgaga vesparum (Wasps? Ichneumon) [Plant: Pulicaria vulgaris (Inula pulicaria, Less Fleabane)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageWasps Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 19

Curtis British Entomology Plate 19
Coleoptera: Rhipiphorus paradoxus = Metoecus paradoxus (Wasps? Nest Beetle) [Plant: Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageWasps Collection: Gulliver attacked by giant wasps in Brobdingnag (chromolitho)

Gulliver attacked by giant wasps in Brobdingnag (chromolitho)
974424 Gulliver attacked by giant wasps in Brobdingnag (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gulliver attacked by giant wasps in Brobdingnag)

Background imageWasps Collection: Guenon, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)

Guenon, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)
999250 Guenon, 1833-39 (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Dictionnaire pittoresque d histoire naturelle et des phenomAnes de la natureA, 1833-39)

Background imageWasps Collection: Cricket Hunter Wasp, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)

Cricket Hunter Wasp, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)
999168 Cricket Hunter Wasp, 1833-39 (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageWasps Collection: Gullivers Combat with The Wasps, from Gulliver

Gullivers Combat with The Wasps, from Gulliver
3467971 Gullivers Combat with The Wasps, from Gullivers Travels by Jonathon Swift (1667 - 1745), pub. 1909 (colour litho) by Rackham

Background imageWasps Collection: The Hornets and the Bees, from Fontaine Fables, pub. 1905 (engraving)

The Hornets and the Bees, from Fontaine Fables, pub. 1905 (engraving)
3472104 The Hornets and the Bees, from Fontaine Fables, pub. 1905 (engraving) by Billingshurst, Percy J. (1871-1933); The Stapleton Collection; out of copyright

Background imageWasps Collection: Antbirds, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)

Antbirds, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)
999442 Antbirds, 1833-39 (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Dictionnaire pittoresque d histoire naturelle et des phenomAnes de la natureA)

Background imageWasps Collection: Swift, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)

Swift, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)
999384 Swift, 1833-39 (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Dictionnaire pittoresque d histoire naturelle et des phenomAnes de la natureA, 1833-39)

Background imageWasps Collection: Illustration of useful Insects and insect pests c. 1923 (litho)

Illustration of useful Insects and insect pests c. 1923 (litho)
3090508 Illustration of useful Insects and insect pests c.1923 (litho) by Millot, Adolphe Philippe (1857 - 1921); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageWasps Collection: Illustration for Grandmamma Easys Merry Multiplication (engraving)

Illustration for Grandmamma Easys Merry Multiplication (engraving)
5238744 Illustration for Grandmamma Easys Merry Multiplication (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageWasps Collection: Mealworm Beetle, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)

Mealworm Beetle, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)
999731 Mealworm Beetle, 1833-39 (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Dictionnaire pittoresque d histoire naturelle et des phenomAnes de la natureA)

Background imageWasps Collection: Spider Wasp, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)

Spider Wasp, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)
999632 Spider Wasp, 1833-39 (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Dictionnaire pittoresque d histoire naturelle et des phenomAnes de la natureA)

Background imageWasps Collection: Hornet, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)

Hornet, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)
999610 Hornet, 1833-39 (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Dictionnaire pittoresque d histoire naturelle et des phenomAnes de la natureA, 1833-39)

Background imageWasps Collection: Jewel Wasp, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)

Jewel Wasp, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)
999504 Jewel Wasp, 1833-39 (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Dictionnaire pittoresque d histoire naturelle et des phenomAnes de la natureA)

Background imageWasps Collection: Illustration of Insects c. 1923 (litho)

Illustration of Insects c. 1923 (litho)
3090501 Illustration of Insects c.1923 (litho) by Millot, Adolphe Philippe (1857 - 1921); Private Collection; (add.info.: Adolphe Philippe Millot (1857 - 1921) was a French naturalist illustrator;

Background imageWasps Collection: Eyebright, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)

Eyebright, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)
999214 Eyebright, 1833-39 (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Dictionnaire pittoresque d histoire naturelle et des phenomAnes de la natureA)

Background imageWasps Collection: Bird of Paradise, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)

Bird of Paradise, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)
999209 Bird of Paradise, 1833-39 (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Dictionnaire pittoresque d histoire naturelle et des phenomAnes de la)

Background imageWasps Collection: Some Strange Wasps Nests (engraving)

Some Strange Wasps Nests (engraving)
6003649 Some Strange Wasps Nests (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Some Strange Wasps Nests)

Background imageWasps Collection: The Insect: The Wasps (engraving)

The Insect: The Wasps (engraving)
6028707 The Insect: The Wasps (engraving) by Giacomelli, Hector (1822-1904); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Wasps. Illustration for The Insect by Jules Michelet with illustrations by Giacomelli)

Background imageWasps Collection: Agami Heron, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)

Agami Heron, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)
999055 Agami Heron, 1833-39 (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Dictionnaire pittoresque d histoire naturelle et des phenomAnes de la natureA)

Background imageWasps Collection: Geranium, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)

Geranium, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)
999509 Geranium, 1833-39 (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Dictionnaire pittoresque d histoire naturelle et des phenomAnes de la natureA)

Background imageWasps Collection: Illustration of various Invertebrates c. 1923 (litho)

Illustration of various Invertebrates c. 1923 (litho)
3082019 Illustration of various Invertebrates c.1923 (litho) by Millot, Adolphe Philippe (1857 - 1921); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageWasps Collection: Wasp

Wasp
Rico Cavallo

Background imageWasps Collection: Try to stop

Try to stop
Peter Sticza

Background imageWasps Collection: Power demonstration

Power demonstration
Peter Sticza

Background imageWasps Collection: 8 vs 5

8 vs 5
Peter Sticza

Background imageWasps Collection: Stop the ball

Stop the ball
Peter Sticza

Background imageWasps Collection: Jewel wasps

Jewel wasps
Jimmy Hoffman

Background imageWasps Collection: WASP AT A PICNIC

WASP AT A PICNIC
Awful appearance of a wopps at a picnic: picnic guests are severely bothered when a rather large wasp takes an interest in their food, one of the hazards of outdoor eating Date: circa 1840

Background imageWasps Collection: Convair 440 Metropolitan N29DR

Convair 440 Metropolitan N29DR of Basler Flight Services (msn 146); engines : Pratt and Whitney R-2800-CB16 or CB17 Double Wasps; year built : 1955XA-KIM : delivered 8 April 1954




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"Exploring the World of Wasps: From Rugby to Nature's Marvels" The Ricoh Arena Stadium - home to the mighty Wasps Rugby Union team, where passion and skill collide on the field. Witnessing nature's cunning tactics, a parasitic wasp delicately lays its eggs in a hoverfly larva, ensuring survival for its offspring in the UK. Frogs and insects unite on a vibrant greetings card, showcasing the intricate balance of life within our ecosystems. A mesmerizing glimpse into a wasp's nest reveals their remarkable architectural skills and complex social hierarchy. Behold the common mud-dauber wasp as it meticulously seals a cell containing eggs and paralyzed spiders – nature's ingenious way of providing sustenance for future generations. Through an expertly focused image, we admire the beauty of a portrait featuring Vespula vulgaris, commonly known as the Common Wasp found in the UK. In Glacier National Park, witness an enchanting encounter between a woodwasp and showy daisies – an exquisite display of nature's harmony amidst breathtaking landscapes. Catching them mid-flight in Bedfordshire UK, observe a captivating group of Common Wasps soaring through open skies with grace and purpose. Journey to Japan where fear meets fascination with Vespa mandarinia japonica - Japanese Giant Hornet; this colossal creature commands respect from all who cross its path. Delicate silk threads hold cocoons filled with parasitic wasp larvae that prey upon caterpillars like Lycorea sp. , reminding us of nature's intricate web woven by both predator and prey alike. A Venus flytrap captures more than just attention as it ensnares unsuspecting visitors like Vespa vulgaris - revealing Mother Nature’s clever traps at work. Wasps RFC 1998-99.