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Ophrys apifera, bee orchidWatercolour by Arthur Harry Church, 17 June 1913
Leaf-cutter ants carrying pieces of leafLeaf-cutter ants transporting neatly extracted pieces of leaf. These ants derive from the rainforests of Central and South America
Fire antWatercolour 405 by the Port Jackson Painter, entitled Mong, from the Watling Collection
KingfisherPlate 336, hand coloured copperplate etching from George Edwards The Gleanings of Natural History, Vol. 3 (1764). Annotated Crested kingfisher
Curtis British Entomology Plate 436Hymenoptera: *Emphytus fasciatus (Banded Tenthredo) [Plant: Sparganium simplex (Less Burr-reed)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 760Hymenoptera: Vespa rufa = Vespula rufa (Anchor-faced Wasp) [Plant: Polycarpon tetraphyllum (Four-leaved Allseed)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 769Hymenoptera: Apis mellifica = Apis mellifera (Common Hive Bee, Honey Bee) Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 764Hymenoptera: Allantus flavipes Fourc. probably = Elinora dominiquei, = Tenthredo baetica dominiquei [Plant: Brassica nigra (Sinapis nigra, Common mustard)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 756Hymenoptera: Ceropales variegatus = Ceropales variegata [Plant: Lagurus ovatus (Hare?s Tail Grass)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 752Hymenoptera: Formica rufa (Red, Hill or Horse Ant, or Pismire) Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 744Hymenoptera: Proctotrupes areolator = Disogmus areolator [Plant: Picris hieracioides (Hawkweed Ox-tongue)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 740Hymenoptera: Spalangia nigra [Plant: Asparagus officinalis (Common Asparagus)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 736Hymenoptera: Therion amictum = Heteropelma amictum [Plant: Corallorrhiza trifida (Corallorrhiza innata, Coralroot Orchid)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 728Hymenoptera: Ichneumon amatorius = Triptognathus amatorius [Plant: Cynodon dactylon (Bermuda-grass)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 724Hymenoptera: Cleptes nitidula = Cleptes nitidulus [Plant: Trinia glauca (Trinia glaberrima, Dwarf Burnet Saxifrage)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 720Hymenoptera: Bethylus fulvicornis Curtis = Bethylus fuscicornis [Plant: Anthriscus sylvestris (Wild Chervil)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 692Hymenoptera: Tenthredo cingulata = Strongylogaster lineata [Plant: Spergula arvensis (Corn Spurrey)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 688Hymenoptera: Cynips nervosa Curtis = Diplolepis nervosa (Curtis) [Plant: Conium maculatum (Common Hemlock)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 680Hymenoptera: Crabro subpunctatus, probably = Crossocerus quadrimaculatus [Plant: Carum verticillatum (Whorled Caraway)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 672Hymenoptera: Chelonus wesmaelii Curtis [Plant: Carex remota (Remote Sedge)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 668Hymenoptera: Cryptus bellosus Curtis = Aritranis bellosus (Odynerus Ichneumon) [Plant: Valerianella rimosa (Valeriana or Fedia auricula, Broad-fruited Cornsalad)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 660Hymenoptera: Euceros albitarsus Curtis [Plant: Veronica officinalis (Heath Speedwell)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 664Hymenoptera: Tiphia minuta [Plant: Thalictrum minus (Lesser Meadow-rue)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 656Hymenoptera: Rhopalum tibiale = Rhopalum coarctatum [Plant: Torilis arvensis (Caucalis infesta, Spreading Hedge-parsley)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 652Hymenoptera: Trypoxylon clavicerum [Plant: Plantago media (Hoary Plantain)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 644Hymenoptera: Mesoleptus waltoni Curtis = Sympherta fusicornis [Plant: Dryas octopetala (Mountain Avens)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 632Hymenoptera: *Pemphredon unicolor = Psen littoralis or Psen spooneri [Plant: Turgenia latifolia (Caucalis latifolia, Greater Bur-parsley or Broad-leaved Hen?s-foot)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 624Hymenoptera: Pristomerus vulnerator (Panz.) ? a Curtis genus Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 628Hymenoptera: Chelostoma florisomnis = Chelostoma florisomne [Plant: Cicendia filiformis (Exacum filiforme, Yellow Centaury)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 617Hymenoptera: Athalia spinarum = Athalia rosae (Turnep Saw-fly) [Plant: Brassica rapa (Turnip)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 596Hymenoptera: Stenocera walkeri Curtis = Stenoceroides walkeri (Curtis) [Plant: Rosa x hibernica (Rosa hibernica, Belfast Rose)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 604Hymenoptera: Ammophila campestris Lat. = Ammophila pubescens Curtis [Plant: Petasites hybridus (Tussilago petasites, Common Butterbur)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 600Hymenoptera: Ophion ventricosus [Plant: Heracleum spondylium (Hogweed)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 588Hymenoptera: Banchus farrani Curtis = Banchus volutatorius [Plant: Raphanus raphinastrum ssp. maritimus (Raphanus maritimus, Sea Radish)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 584Hymenoptera: Alyson kennedii Curtis, cf. Alysson sp.? (perhaps adventive) [Plant: Sagina procumbens (Procumbent Pearlwort)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 580Hymenoptera: Mellinus sabulosus = Mellinus sabulosa Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 564Hymenoptera: *Bombus ericetorum (Heath Humble-bee, Bumble-bee), cf. male Bombus subterraneus (seemingly not the Mainland-European B. hypnorum ssp. ericetorum)
Curtis British Entomology Plate 552Hymenoptera: Callimome subterraneus = Torymus nobilis (Cynips Parasite) [Plant: Rosa pimpinellifolia (Rosa spinosissima, Burnet Rose)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 536Hymenoptera: Pezomachus hopei = Agrothereutes abbreviator (Short-winged Ichneumon) [Plant: Urtica pilulifera (Roman Nettle)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 532Hymenoptera: Sapyga clavicornis (Club-horned Sapyga) [Plant: Hieracium officinarum (Hieracium pilosella (Mouse-ear Hawkweed)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 524Hymenoptera: Gorytes bicinctus [Plant: Cladium mariscus (Schoenus mariscus, Prickly Bog-rush)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 516Hymenoptera: Epeolus variegatus [Plant: Ophrys insectifera (Ophrys muscifera, Fly Ophrys)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 507Hymenoptera: Hecabolus sulcatus (4-stigmared Ichneumon) [Plant: Daphne mezereum (The Mezereon)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 504Hymenoptera: Heriades truncorum (Larger Heriades) [Plant: Legousia hybrida (Campanula hybrida, Corn Bell-flower)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 496Hymenoptera: Diodontus gracilis = Passaloecus gracilis [Plant: Hypericum pulchrum (Upright St. John?s Wort)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 480Hymenoptera: Oxybelus argentatus [Plant: Leontodon hispidus (Apargia hispida, Rough Apargia)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 476Hymenoptera: Leiophron apicalis (Black-tailed Leiophron) [Plant: Lysimachia nummularia (Money-wort)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 472Hymenoptera: Smiera macleanii = Chalcis biguttata (Essex Chalcis) [Plant: Bolboschoenus maritimus (Scirpus maritimus, Salt-marsh Club-grass)] Date: 1824-39
