Ichneumon Collection

Ichneumon fly, Rhyssa persuasoria (Ichneumon persuasorius). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare

Geraniums and wasp
Geranium species, Pelargonium daveyanum 1 and Pelargonium macranthon 2. and wasp species, Ichneumon polycertor 3. Pelargonium, pelecine

Curtis British Entomology Plate 728
Hymenoptera: Ichneumon amatorius = Triptognathus amatorius [Plant: Cynodon dactylon (Bermuda-grass)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 668
Hymenoptera: Cryptus bellosus Curtis = Aritranis bellosus (Odynerus Ichneumon) [Plant: Valerianella rimosa (Valeriana or Fedia auricula, Broad-fruited Cornsalad)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 536
Hymenoptera: Pezomachus hopei = Agrothereutes abbreviator (Short-winged Ichneumon) [Plant: Urtica pilulifera (Roman Nettle)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 507
Hymenoptera: Hecabolus sulcatus (4-stigmared Ichneumon) [Plant: Daphne mezereum (The Mezereon)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 415
Hymenoptera: Zele albitarsus = Zemiotes albiditarsus (White-footed Ichneumon) [Plant: Smyrnium olusatrum (Alexanders)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 353
Hymenoptera: Xylonomus pilicornis = Xorides fuligator (Hairy horned Ichneumon) [Plant: Briza minor (Small Quake-grass)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 289
Hymenoptera: Chaenon anceps = Coelinius anceps (Yellow-bodied Ichneumon) [Plant: Lythrum salicaria (Purple-spiked Willow-herb)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 234
Hymenoptera: Ichneumon atropos = Callajoppa exaltatoria (Death?s Head Ichneumon) [Plant: Luzula multiflora (Juncus liniger Withering, or Luzula congesta, Flaxen Rush)] Date: 1824-39

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

Egyptian ichneumon, Indian ichneumon or mongoose and fossane weasel.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Ebenezer Siblys Universal System of Natural History, 1794

Ichneumon wasp in amber
Ichneumon wasp preserved in Baltic amber. This specimen with exquisitely preserved wings dates from the Upper Eocene period

Pseudorhyssa sp. ichneumon fly female
A female ichneumon fly laying eggs on the parasite of a wood wasp grub

Man Eaten by Crocodile
THE TENTYRITES AND THE ICHNEUMON A huge crocodile seizes a man in its jaws on the island of Tentyra

ICHNEUMON
HERPESTES (formerly Viverra) ICHNEUMON - lives in Egypt where it eats crocodile eggs and was consequently venerated by the ancient Egyptians

Bewick Ichneumon
viverra ichneumon : This animal, in Egypt, is domestic, like the Cat; and is retained by the natives for the same useful purpose of clearing their house of rats and mice

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