Black-thighed epeolus cuckoo bee and fly orchid
Black-thighed epeolus or variegated cuckoo bee, Epeolus variegatus, and fly orchid, Ophrys insectifera (Ophrys muscifera) or sombre bee orchid, Ophrys fusca (Ophrys myodes). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Curtis for his own British Entomology, being Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insects found in Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1834. Curtis (1791 - - "1862) was an entomologist, illustrator, engraver and publisher
Picture No
14010840
Media ID
45762880
Size
4249px x 6923px
(4.4MB)
Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
John Curtis
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1834 Beetle Botanical Art British Entomology Entomologist Entomology Illustrator John Curtis Larva Lepidoptera
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