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Mosquito in Dominican amberA mosquito in trapped and preserved in Dominican amber. Lower Miocene about 20 million years old. Image from Amber The Natural Time Capsule. Figure 90
H. W. Bates illustrated notebooksPlate 7 from a notebook of Henry W. Bates (1825-92) relating to the insect fauna of the Amazon Valley or DRW, 1851-1854
Simulium damnosum, Simulian blackflyScanning electron microscope image of the head showing the compound eye (x 130). The fly is a vector of a parasite which causes River Blindness. Coloured artifically by computer
SandflySandflies belong to the family Phlebotominae and are responsible of spreading sandfly fever
Blackfly antennaScanning electron microscope image of a blackfly antenna (x 350). These long sensory organs feel and taste objects as well as sensing vibrations and smells (x 1.1K)
Anopheles gambiae, mosquitoScanning electron microscope image showing a close-up of the compound eye of a female mosquito (x 2200 on a standard 9 cm wide print)
Gall midge in Baltic amberA gall midge is a fragile mosquito-like fly which produces galls on plants, seen here preserved in Baltic amber. Specimen dates from the Upper Eocene
Bluebottle maggotsNumerous bluebottle fly maggots or larvae feeding on carrion
Calliphora, bluebottleA bluebottle laying eggs on carrion
Curtis British Entomology Plate 768Diptera: Hydrotaea ciliata = Hydrotaea diabolus [Plant: Anagallis minima (Chaffweed)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 765Diptera: Simulium trifasciatum Curtis [Plant: Limosella aquatica (Mudwort)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 761Diptera: Lonchoptera flavicauda = Lonchoptera lutea [Plant: Cucubalus baccifer (Berry Catchfly)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 749Diptera: Eumerus litoralis Curtis = Eumerus sabulonum [Plant: Phleum pratense (Timothy)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 757Diptera: Pipunculus pratorum = Pipunculus thomsoni [Plant: Asperugo procumbens (Madwort)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 753Diptera: Syrphus lucorum [Plant: Marrubium vulgare (White Horehound)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 745Diptera: Psychoda sexpunctata = Tinearia alternata [Plant: Herniaria glabra (Smooth Rupturewort)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 737Diptera: Baccha elongata [Plant: Agrostis tenuis (Common Bent-grass)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 729Diptera: Nemotelus nigrinus [Plant: Coriandrum sativum (Coriander)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 725Diptera: Platycephala planifrons [Plant: Blysmus compressus (Flat-sedge)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 721Diptera: Heteroneura albimana = Anthomyza albimana [Plant: Phalaris arundinacea (Reed Canary Grass)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 713Diptera: Leptis diadema, probably = Chrysopilus asiliformis [Plant: Hornungia petraea (Hutchinsia)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 705Diptera: Rhagio heyshami Curtis = Rhagio notatus [Plant: Sisymbrium officinale (Hedge Mustard)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 697Diptera: Phasia speciosa Curtis = Phasia obesa [Plant: Allium scorodoprasum (Sand Leek)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 689Diptera: Trigonometopus frontalis [Plant: Deschampsia caespitosa (Wavy Hair-grass)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 677Diptera: Myopa fulvipes = Thecophora fulvipes [Plant: Lepidium campestre (Field Pepperwort)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 669Diptera: Pipiza biguttata Curtis = Trichopsomyia flavitarsis [Plant: Aegopodium podagraria (Ground-elder)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 665Diptera: Stomoxys siberita = Prosena siberita Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 661Diptera: Hybos pilipes = Hybos grossipes [Plant: Sesleria caerulea (Blue Moor-grass)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 653Diptera: Chrysotoxum octomaculatum Curtis [Plant: Persicaria vivipara (Polygonum viviparum, Alpine Bistort)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 649Diptera: Ortalis guttata = Otites guttatus [Plant: Cirsium heterophyllum (Melancholy Thistle)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 645Diptera: Leia pulchella = Allocotocera pulchella (Curtis) [Plant: Antennaria dioica (Cat?s-foot)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 637Diptera: Macrocera stigma Curtis [Plant: Sedum rosea (Roseroot)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 641Diptera: Sciophila sylvatica = Tetragoneura sylvatica (Curtis) [Plant: Pseudorchis albida (Small-white Orchis)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 629Diptera: Ocyptera brassicaria = Cylindromyia brassicaria [Plant: Corrigiola littoralis (Strapwort)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 621Diptera: Lucina fasciata = Salticella fasciata [Plant: Stellaria nemorum (Wood Stitchwort)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 613Diptera: Bombylius major [Plant: Salix repens (Creeping Willow)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 609Diptera: Scenopinus rugosus = Scenopinus niger [Plant: Crocus maesiacus ] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 605Diptera: Sapromyza litura = Peplomyza litura [Plant: Viola tricolor var. ] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 593Diptera: Paragus sigillatus Curtis = Paragus haemorrhous [Plant: Sonchus arvensis (Perennial Sow-thistle)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 589Diptera: Peronecera fuscipennis = Hexatoma fuscipennis (Curtis) [Plant: Euphorbia helioscopia (Sun Spurge)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 581Diptera: Messala saundersii = Bolitophila saundersii Curtis [Plant: Thymus serpyllum (Breckland Thyme)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 585Diptera: Ornithomyia fringillina = Ornithomya fringillina Curtis [Plant: Angelica sylvestris (Wild Angelica)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 573Diptera: Geranomyia unicolor (Long-lipped Crane-fly) [Plant: Saxifraga umbrosa (London Pride)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 568Diptera: Rhaphium macrocerum = Rhaphium monotrichum (Long-horned Rhaphium) [Plant: Veronica verna (Vernal Speedwell)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 557Diptera: Erioptera crassipes = Molophilus obscurus (Short-legged Crane-fly) [Plant: Hedera helix (Common Ivy)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 549Diptera: Musca chloris = Neomyia chloris (Green-cheeked Fly) [Plant: Silaum silaus (Peucedanum silaus, Meadow Sulphur-wort)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 545Diptera: Helomyza rufa = Suilla rufa (Red-thoraxed Helomyza) [Plant: Hypericum androsaemum (Tutsan)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 541Diptera: Porphyrops wilsoni = Raphium melegantulum (Bute Porphyrops) [Plant: Apium inundatum (Hydrocotyle inundata, Floating White-rot)] Date: 1824-39
