Beetles Collection

British Beetles
A poster of beetle specimens selected for The Boys Own Paper by Watkins and Doncaster, naturalists

Advertisement for Keatings Powder
An advertisement for Keatings Powder, to rid your clothes of bugs, fleas, beetles, moths, and other distressing insects. Remember to take it with you on holiday! Date: 1913

Beetles and Butterflies
Insects of the English countryside - including Stag Beetle (lucanus), Tiger Beetle (cicindelida) and a variety of butterflies and moths (lepidoptera)

Hercules Beetle Etc
The HERCULES beetle, SCARABAEUS TITYUS and others, depicted in their natural habitat

Spanish fly, wasp beetle and long-horn beetles
Spanish fly beetle, Lytta vesicatoria 1, wasp beetle, Clytus arietis 2, Altica equinoctialis 3, Clytra quadripunctata 4, longhorn beetles, Chlorida festiva 5 and Trachyderes succinctus 6

Rare south west Indian Stag Beetle - Odontolabis delesserti (male). Date: circa 1920s

Stag beetles
Male and female stag beetles with pupa. Date: 1865

Dodo, Beetles and Lizards

Gossipping Children
An illustration used for advertisement purposes, portraying a group of children gossipping. Date: circa 1939

Cartoon, John Redmond, Irish Home Rule
Political cartoon, John Redmond, Irish politician, Home Rule and After, by Louis Wain Date: 1914

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

Tiger beetles, varied carpet beetle, etc
Tiger beetles, Cicindela sinuata 1, Cicindela campestris 2, Cicindela sexguttata 3, Nitidula sanguinolenta 4, varied carpet beetle, Telephore flavipede 5, Anthrenus verbasci 6

Malachite beetle, net winged beetle, etc
Malachite beetle, Malachius bipustulatus 1, net-winged beetles, Lycus melanurus 2, Lycus punctatus 3, Saperda punctata 4, Saperda species 5, Trichodes octopunctatus 6 and Trichodes apiarius 7

Rove and chafer beetles
Lampyris beetle, rove beetle, Staphylinus erythropterus 2, Staphylinus species 3, Ampedus sanguineus 4, Silpha pedemonta 5, Temnoscheila virescens 6, and rose chafer, Cetonia aurata 7

Weevils and beetles
Weevils: Eudomychus striata 1, Calandra hemiptera 2, pleasing fungus beetle, Erotylus species 3, Chrysomela striata 4, Acalymma vittatum 5, Chrysomela arcuata 6 and Eumorphus marginata 7

Leaf beetles, Galeruca species 1, Aulacophora analis 2, Cyclotrypema furcata 3, Donacia vittata 4, flat bark beetle, Cucujus clavipes 5, Pyrrhidium sanguineum 6 and Chlorophorus varius 7

Ladybirds and flea beetles
Callidium longipes 1, ladybirds, Jauravia dorsalis 2, Coccinella septempunctata 3, flea beetles, Altica cincta 4, Altica emarginata 5, and Altica chrysis 6

Jewel beetles, scarlet cantharis, and hermit crab
Jewel beetles, Buprestis ocellata, scarlet cantharis, and common hermit crab, Pagurus bernhardus (Cancer bernardus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Sydenham Edwards from John Mason Goods

White-tailed sea eagle, water spider, Purpuricenus
White-tailed sea eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla 5, and prey, water spider, Argyroneta aquatica 1, Purpuricenus beetles 2.3, and Pycnogonum litorale sea spider 4

Bamboo fungus, scarab beetles and wombat
Bamboo fungus, Phallus indusiatus 1, scarab dung beetles, Coprophanaeus ensifer 2 and Diabroctis mimas 3, and common wombat, Vombatus ursinus 4. Phallus, phanee, phascolome

Buprestis beetles, flowering rush and pill beetle
Buprestis beetles 1-5, flowering rush, Butomus umbellatus 6, and pill beetle, Byrrhus pilula 7. Handcoloured steel engraving from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles Dictionnaire Pittoresque d Histoire

Beetle varieties
Dorysthenes paradoxus 1, Macrodontia cervicornis, vulnerable 2, Elateropsis lineatus 3 and Prionus versicolor 4. Beetles, Priones

Darkling beetles, Pimelia species. Handcoloured steel engraving from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles Dictionnaire Pittoresque d Histoire Naturelle (Picturesque Dictionary of Natural History), Paris

Mygalomorph trapdoor spider and its nest, and beetles, Mylabris species. Mygale pioniere et son nid, Mylabres. Handcoloured steel engraving by Pedretti from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles

Mustard plant with cochineal beetles, water
Mustard plant with cochineal beetles, jackfruit tree, water buffalo and orangutan. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri after Francois Solvyns from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Elater beetles: Tetralobus flabellicornis 1, Agrypnus quadrimaculatus 2, Cardiophorus? pictus 3, Semiotus ligneus 4, Semiotus suturalis 5, and Chalcolepidus porcatus 6

Scrap - decoupage design - Beetle. 1865

Father and son in Bedouin tent, Syria
A Bedhouin man sits with his young son on a carpet inside their tent. They wear traditional Arab clothes and the man pokes the fire

Advertisement for Petermans Cockroach and Beetle Food - certified by Drs. Hassall and Clayton, Analytical Chemists, not a POISON to Children or Pet Animals, but DEATH to cockroaches and beetles

Giant Malaysian Click-Beetle - male on bark of a tree (Oxynopterus auduoin). El Nido, Palawan, Philippines. Evening - February

Prioninae, or long-horned beetles
Prioninae, a subfamily of Cerambycidae (long-horned beetles). Date: 19th century

Insectes - Insects
Variety of insects. Date: 1930

Ancient Egyptian pectoral from Tutankhamuns tomb
A pectoral from the tomb of Pharao Tutankhamun (reigned 13321323 BC). It is composed of a winged scarab, flanked by the goddesses Nephtys (left) and Isis (right) kneeling. Date: circa 1925

Darkling Beetle - burrowing in the sand to escape heat of the day (Sympiezocnemis gigantea). sand dunes of Karakum desert - Turkmenistan - Spring - April

Water shrew, adult, on alert while devouring a water beetle (a predatious diving beetle pictured(Dytiscidae spp.) (Neomys fodiens )

Rhinoceros Beetle - on tree-bark - hornless female is on the left, male is on the right (Xylotrupes pubescens ). Bohol, Philippines. February

Goliath Beetle
A west African Goliath beetle. Date: 1901

Beetles - Assorted
Various species of RHYNCHOTA Date: 1909-1910

Various Insects C1880
Beetles and flying insects. Date: circa 1880

Two insects and a frog on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Mr Beetle Party Game containing 25 UPL (Universal Publications Ltd) beetle cards. circa 1930s

Frog driving coach on a German Whitsuntide postcard
Frog driving a coach drawn by cockroaches on a German Whitsuntide postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Faience scarabs. 7th-6th centuries BC. From Isis Tomb, Italy
Faience scarabs. a) Egyptian, probably with the name of Psammetichus I (664-610 BC), b) Type imitated in the Aegean area, c) Maybe made A?a?A?a?in Phoenicia, d) Possibly made A?a?A?a

Temple of Ramses III. Reliefs winged beetles with wings outs
Temple of Ramses III. Reliefs depicting winged beetles with wings outstretched as a symbol of protection. New Kingdom. (1550-1069 b.C). Twentieth dynasty. Thebes. Medinet-Habou. Egypt

Two beetles and a butterfly on a Christmas card
Two green beetles and a red admiral butterfly on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Dragonfly and beetle on a Christmas card
Dragonfly and beetle playing in the grass on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Three insects and a snail on a Christmas card, progressing slowly along a country road. Date: circa 1890s

Beetle with telescope on a New Year card
Beetle with a telescope on a New Year card, looking at the crescent moon. Date: circa 1890s

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