Araneus Collection

Shrews and moles
Water shrew, Neomys fodiens, Etruscan shrew, Suncus etruscus, common shrew, Sorex araneus, star-nosed mole, Condylura cristata, European mole, Talpa europaea, and eastern mole, Scalopus aquaticus

Three varieties of British shrew -- Oared Shrew (Sorex remifer), Water Shrew (Sorex fodiens) and Common Shrew (Sorex araneus). Date: 1843

Giant orb-weaving spider, Araneus grossus (Gigantic epeira spider, Epeira gigas). Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn

Common shrew, Sorex araneus, and Cape golden mole, Chrysochloris asiatica. Handcolored engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d

Common shrew, Sorex araneus. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from William Jardines Naturalists Library, Edinburgh, 1836

Spiders, blister beetles and ladybirds
Garden spider, Araneus diadematus male 1, female 2, Spanish fly, Lytta vesicatoria 3, 4, 5 Cantharis livida 6, giant blister beetle, Lytta gigas 7, blister beetles, Lydus trimaculatus 8

Aranea maxima ceilonica, tarantula
Fig 1, Tab 69, an illustration of a large tarantula spider feeding on its prey from Thesaurus Volume 1, by Albertus Seba

Araneus saevus, great round web spider
An illustration of a great round web female spider from Insects of Georgia by John Abbot (1751-1840)

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