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Wasps Collection

Background imageWasps Collection: Two frogs with insect on a greetings card

Two frogs with insect on a greetings card
Two frogs with an insect on a greetings card -- Happy be thy dreams. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWasps Collection: One Kind of Picnic - Another by H. M. Bateman 2 of 2

One Kind of Picnic - Another by H. M. Bateman 2 of 2
A group attempt a countryside picnic but are beset with problems ranging from angry wasps to an irate landowner

Background imageWasps Collection: On Christmas Day in the country - some of the animals which might be found hibernating or over-wintering in

On Christmas Day in the country - some of the animals which might be found hibernating or over-wintering in the vicinity of farm buildings - a hidden population of winter sleepers

Background imageWasps Collection: Pale giant horsefly, deerfly and other flies

Pale giant horsefly, deerfly and other flies
Pale giant horsefly, Tabanus bovinus 1, Hybomitra tropica 2, Atylotus fulvus 3, large marsh horsefly, Tabanus autumnalis 4, splayed deerfly, Chrysops caecutiens 5, 6, 7, and common horse fly

Background imageWasps Collection: Species of tachinid flies

Species of tachinid flies
Giant tachinid fly, Tachina grossa 1, parasitoid fly, Gymnosoma rotundatum 2, 6, Linnaemya vulpina 3, Tachina fera 4, face fly, Musca autumnalis 5, cheese skipper, Piophila casei 7

Background imageWasps Collection: Phoenix, brown China mark and other moths

Phoenix, brown China mark and other moths
Clouded carpet or phoenix, Eulithis prunata 1, brown China-mark, Elophila nymphaeata 2, grey waved 3, short-cloak carpet, Euphyia biangulata 4, chocolate bar 5, unnamed 6, 7, and small emerald

Background imageWasps Collection: Mayfly magnified, with various moths

Mayfly magnified, with various moths
Mayfly magnified through microscope 1, fanfooted or fan-foot moth, Herminia tarsipennalis 2, mayfly 3, scarce burnished brass, Diachrysia chryson 4, green carpet, Colostygia pectinataria 5

Background imageWasps Collection: Species of bees

Species of bees
Red mason bee, Osmia bicornis 11, large scissor bee, Chelostoma florisomne 12, large carder-bee, Bombus muscorum 14, orange-vented mason bee, Osmia leaiana 15, 16, and other bees

Background imageWasps Collection: Animals and insects before a statue of Ephesian Artemis

Animals and insects before a statue of Ephesian Artemis
Animals, amphibia and insects in a woodland clearing before a statue of the many-breasted Ephesian Artemis. With frog, beetle, lizard, snail, dragonfly, moth, crocodile, and others

Background imageWasps Collection: Species of bees

Species of bees
Patchwork leafcutter bee, Megachile centuncularis 2, European wool carder bee Anthidium manicatum 3, red mason bee, Osmia bicornis 4, 7, long-horned bee, Eucera longicornis 5, pantaloon bee

Background imageWasps Collection: Blue-bordered carpet, frosted yellow, other moths

Blue-bordered carpet, frosted yellow, other moths
Blue-bordered carpet, Plemyria rubiginata 1, 6 (as Clifden beauty), broad-bordered yellow underwing, Noctua fimbriata 2, different from Phalaena interrogationis (scarce silver Y)

Background imageWasps Collection: Chaser and darter dragonflies

Chaser and darter dragonflies
Four-spotted chaser, Libullela quadrimaculata 1, scarce chaser, Libellula fulva 2, vagrant darter, Sympetrum vulgatum 3, and yellow-winged darter, Sympetrum flaveolum 4. All male dragonflies

Background imageWasps Collection: Species of humble-bees, bumblebees and mining bees

Species of humble-bees, bumblebees and mining bees
Species of bees. Early humble-bee, Bombus pratorum 9, 10, large red-tailed humble-bee, Bombus lapidarius 12, 15, carder bee, Bombus pascuorum 13, buff-tailed bumblebee, Bombus terrestris subsp

Background imageWasps Collection: Ghost moth, beautiful yellow underwing, etc

Ghost moth, beautiful yellow underwing, etc
Ghost moth or ghost swift, Hepialus humuli, female c, male d, larva b and pupa a, beautiful yellow underwing, Anarta myrtilli e, gold swift, Phymatopus hecta f, unnamed moth species g

Background imageWasps Collection: Twenty-plume moth and other moths

Twenty-plume moth and other moths
Twenty-plume moth, Alucita hexadactyla 1, spear moth, la lance phalene 2-5, the olive moth 6, hornet clearwing, Sesia apiformis 7, and broad-bordered bee hawk-moth, Hemaris fuciformis 8

Background imageWasps Collection: European honey bee, sea aster bee, nomad bee, etc

European honey bee, sea aster bee, nomad bee, etc
European honey bee, Apis mellifera m 9, f 10, A

Background imageWasps Collection: Species of bumble-bees and carder bees

Species of bumble-bees and carder bees
Buff-tailed bumblebee, Bombus terrestris 1, red-tailed bumblebee, Bombus lapidarius 2, garden bumblebee, Bombus hortorum 3, early humble-bee, Bombus pratorum 4, red mason bee, Osmia bicornis 5

Background imageWasps Collection: Species of wasps and hornets

Species of wasps and hornets

Background imageWasps Collection: Snipefly, black snipefly, small fleck-winged snipefly, etc

Snipefly, black snipefly, small fleck-winged snipefly, etc
Snipefly, Rhagio scolopacea 1, 2, 5, Rhagio tringaria 3, 4, black snipefly, Chrysopilus cristatus 6, 10, Rhagio derelictus 7, Rhagio caelebs 8, small fleck-winged snipefly, Rhagio lineola 9

Background imageWasps Collection: Banded and beautiful demoiselles

Banded and beautiful demoiselles
Banded demoiselle, Calopteryx splendens male 1, female 3, beautiful demoiselle, Calopteryx virgo var. anceps male 2, female 4, C. virgo or splendens female 5, nymph 6

Background imageWasps Collection: Vine hawk-moth, dagger wasps and horntails

Vine hawk-moth, dagger wasps and horntails
Vine hawk-moth or silver-striped hawk-moth, Hippotion celerio, digger wasps, Sphex species, and horntails or wood wasps, Sirex species. Lepidoptera

Background imageWasps Collection: Large red, common blue and azure damselflies

Large red, common blue and azure damselflies
Large red damselfly, Pyrrhosoma nymphula, male 1, female 2, common blue damselfly, Enallagma cyathigerum, male 3, female 4, and azure damselfly, Coenagrion puella, male 5, female 6

Background imageWasps Collection: Clouded straw, wood leopard, scallop shell moth, etc

Clouded straw, wood leopard, scallop shell moth, etc
Clouded straw moth, female, 1, 2, wood leopard, Zeuzera pyrina 3, 4, scallop shell, Hydria undulata, 5, 6, and twenty-plume moth, Alucita hexadactyla 7

Background imageWasps Collection: Migrant hawker, downy emerald and hairy dragonflies

Migrant hawker, downy emerald and hairy dragonflies
Migrant hawker, Aeshna mixta 1, downy emerald, Cordulia aenea 2, hairy dragonfly, Brachytron pratense, female 3. As Libellula coluberculus, Libellula aenea, Libellula aspis

Background imageWasps Collection: Species of parasitic and shield bugs

Species of parasitic and shield bugs

Background imageWasps Collection: Golden-ringed and blue hawker dragonflies

Golden-ringed and blue hawker dragonflies
Golden-ringed dragonfly, Cordulegaster boltonii, female 3, and southern hawker or blue hawker dragonfly, Aeshna cyanea, male 4. Libellula forcipata, Libellula anguis

Background imageWasps Collection: Species of cuckoo wasp

Species of cuckoo wasp
Cuckoo wasp, Sphex ignita 1, shimmering ruby tail, Chrysis fulgida 2, Chrysura radians 3, C. veridans 4, C. hephaestites 5, Order I. Chrysis curax, Order II, Chrysis politus, Order III. Hymenoptera

Background imageWasps Collection: Rose, cabbage, mallow and pea aphids

Rose, cabbage, mallow and pea aphids
Rose aphids, Aphis rosa-suaveolens, 1-3, cabbage aphids, Brevicoryne brassicae 4-6, mallow aphids, Aphis althaea 7-9, and pea aphids, Acyrthosiphon pisum 10-12

Background imageWasps Collection: Southern hawker or blue hawker dragonfly, Aeshna cyanea

Southern hawker or blue hawker dragonfly, Aeshna cyanea. Male 1, female 2, eggs 3. Large green. Libellulae wings expanded

Background imageWasps Collection: Cranefly species

Cranefly species, Tupila maxima 1, Limonia stigma 2, Ctenophora pectinicornis 3, Tipula vernalis 4, and winter crane fly or tell-tale, Trichocera (Trichocera) saltator 5. Diptera. Tipulidae

Background imageWasps Collection: Brown hawker or large brown dragonfly, Aeshna grandis

Brown hawker or large brown dragonfly, Aeshna grandis. Male 1, female 2, nymph 3, and face 4

Background imageWasps Collection: Large emerald, bee hawk-moth and other moths

Large emerald, bee hawk-moth and other moths
Large emerald, Geometra papilionaria 1, broad-bordered bee hawk-moth, Hemaris fuciformis 2, peach blossom, Thyatira batis 3, oak beauty, Biston strataria 4, dark prominent, Notodonta torva 5

Background imageWasps Collection: The old lady and herald moths

The old lady and herald moths
The old lady or black underwing moth, Mormo maura, male a and female b, the herald moth, Scoliopteryx libatrix, d and e, larva on leaf c and pupa f

Background imageWasps Collection: Comic postcard, Dog with a wasp on its tail Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Dog with a wasp on its tail Date: 20th century

Background imageWasps Collection: A wasp threatens to settle on my nose - The Water Cure

A wasp threatens to settle on my nose - The Water Cure
Just as the doctor has fixed me in my arm and leg bath, a wasp threatens to settle on my nose - The Water Cure. 1870

Background imageWasps Collection: Fossil skeleton of an extinct plesiosaurus, and wasps

Fossil skeleton of an extinct plesiosaurus, and wasps
Fossil skeleton of an extinct plesiosaurus 4, and wasps, Plesia species 1-3

Background imageWasps Collection: Deaths head hawkmoth, digger wasps, ball lichen

Deaths head hawkmoth, digger wasps, ball lichen
Ball lichen, Sphaerophorus globulus 1, Dynamene crustacean 2, digger wasps, Sphex species 3, 4, and African deaths head hawkmoth, Acherontia atropos, and caterplillar 5

Background imageWasps Collection: Lawrence Dallaglio (Wasps) - England rugby player

Lawrence Dallaglio (Wasps) - England rugby player Date: 1990s - 2000s

Background imageWasps Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 198

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

Background imageWasps Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 19

Curtis British Entomology Plate 19
Coleoptera: Rhipiphorus paradoxus = Metoecus paradoxus (Wasps? Nest Beetle) [Plant: Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageWasps Collection: WASP AT A PICNIC

WASP AT A PICNIC
Awful appearance of a wopps at a picnic: picnic guests are severely bothered when a rather large wasp takes an interest in their food, one of the hazards of outdoor eating Date: circa 1840

Background imageWasps Collection: Convair 440 Metropolitan N29DR

Convair 440 Metropolitan N29DR of Basler Flight Services (msn 146); engines : Pratt and Whitney R-2800-CB16 or CB17 Double Wasps; year built : 1955XA-KIM : delivered 8 April 1954

Background imageWasps Collection: Cartoon, William Gladstone asleep

Cartoon, William Gladstone asleep, with insect MPs hovering over his face -- How the Grand Old Man manages to take forty winks with a lot of pestiferous flies buzzing about him is a wonder! 1884

Background imageWasps Collection: Monkey inside a coconut on a cutout greetings card

Monkey inside a coconut on a cutout greetings card
Monkey watching a wasp inside a coconut on a cutout greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWasps Collection: Man with an insect on his nose on a novelty postcard

Man with an insect on his nose on a novelty postcard. Date: circa 1900s

Background imageWasps Collection: Happy Familes Playing Cards - Master Flower

Happy Familes Playing Cards - Master Flower. circa 1935

Background imageWasps Collection: White and purple flowers on a New Year card

White and purple flowers on a New Year card
White and purple flowers with wasp on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWasps Collection: Fairies with flower and insect on a Christmas card

Fairies with flower and insect on a Christmas card
Two fairies with a pink flower and an insect on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWasps Collection: Cartoon, Broad Bottom Drones storming the Hive

Cartoon, Broad Bottom Drones storming the Hive, Wasps, Hornets & Bumble Bees joining in the Attack, by James Gillray

Background imageWasps Collection: A hive of wasps

A hive of wasps Source: The zoological miscellany: being descriptions of new or interesting animals by Leach, William Elford, 1790-1836. Published by Nodder, Richard P. illustrator, engraver. E

Background imageWasps Collection: Germans Training Wasps to Sting Highlanders Legs, Heath Rob

Germans Training Wasps to Sting Highlanders Legs, Heath Rob
Humorous illustration showing more treacherous German ideas for making life difficult for British troops

Background imageWasps Collection: The story of a cold chicken and a hot wasp

The story of a cold chicken and a hot wasp. Cartoon strip from Bonzos Annual, 1935 Date: 1935

Background imageWasps Collection: Dog with tambourine on a cutout Christmas card

Dog with tambourine on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWasps Collection: Vickers Warwick powered by two Pratt & Whitney Double Wasps

Vickers Warwick powered by two Pratt & Whitney Double Wasps

Background imageWasps Collection: Frogs, snails, and insects, including grasshoppers, beetles

Frogs, snails, and insects, including grasshoppers, beetles, wasps, and dragonflies. Date between 1800 and 1850

Background imageWasps Collection: Beetles, Mosquitoes

Beetles, Mosquitoes
Insects are very troublesome in summer : the beetles aren t so bad, but the mosquitoes are deadly to man and beast. The wasps aren t much fun either


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