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Lacewing Collection

Background imageLacewing Collection: Blue eyes lacewing or Antlion nymphes, Nymphes

Blue eyes lacewing or Antlion nymphes, Nymphes myrmeleonoides. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leachs Zoological Miscellany

Background imageLacewing Collection: Larva of the Hemerobius lacewing in lichen, and mites

Larva of the Hemerobius lacewing in lichen, and mites
Larva of the Hemerobius (lacewing) clothed in lichen, with mite, Acarus amictus and little basket mite, Acarus corbicula. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British

Background imageLacewing Collection: Antlion, Myrmeleon species

Antlion, Myrmeleon species (Great myrmeleon, Myrmeleon grande). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Background imageLacewing Collection: Perch, velvet worm, lacewing and pearl oyster

Perch, velvet worm, lacewing and pearl oyster
European perch, Perca fluviatilis 1, velvet worm, Peripatus iuliformis 2, lacewing, Perla marginata 3, and pearl oyster, Isognomon isognomum 4. Perche, Peripate, Perle, Perne

Background imageLacewing Collection: Exotic antlion lacewings and fishfly

Exotic antlion lacewings and fishfly
Antlion lacewing species: Palpares libelluloides 1, Euptilon ornatum 2, fishfly species, Chauliodes pectinicornis 3, and lacy wings, Vella americana 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Background imageLacewing Collection: Leopard and red lacewing butterflies

Leopard and red lacewing butterflies
Leopard lacewing, Cethosia cyane 1, and red lacewing butterfly, Cethosia biblis 2, ventral and dorsal views. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Background imageLacewing Collection: Antlion, Palpares libelluloides

Antlion, Palpares libelluloides. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwoods new edition of Dru Drurys Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Bohn, London, 1837. Antlion, Palpares libelluloides

Background imageLacewing Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 520

Curtis British Entomology Plate 520
Neuroptera: Chrysopa abbreviata (Short-winged Green Lacewing, Golden-eye) [Plant: Leymus arenarius (Elymus arenarius, Upright Sea Lime-grass)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLacewing Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 202

Curtis British Entomology Plate 202
Neuroptera: Hemerobius fimbriatus (Hemerobiidae: Bordered Brown Lacewing), = Megalomus hirtus (Linn.). [Plant: Prunella vulgaris (Self-heal)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLacewing Collection: Cyane or Zigzag butterfly, Leopard Lacewing, Cethosia cyane

Cyane or Zigzag butterfly, Leopard Lacewing, Cethosia cyane.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine; or

Background imageLacewing Collection: Lacewing larva in amber

Lacewing larva in amber
Lacewing larva preserved in Baltic amber. This specimen dates from the Upper Eocene

Background imageLacewing Collection: Lacewing in amber

Lacewing in amber
Lacewings from the order Neuroptera are gauzy-winged insects, and seen here preserved inside Baltic amber. Specimen dates from the Upper Eocene

Background imageLacewing Collection: Cethosia mietneri, Tamil lace wing butterfly

Cethosia mietneri, Tamil lace wing butterfly
Detail from plate 39 of Tamil lace wing butterflies from The Lepidoptera of Celyon by Frederic C. Moore (1830 -1907)


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