White-marked spider beetle, whirligig beetle, glow worm, etc

White-marked spider beetle, Ptinus fur 13, 4, P. imperialis 2, P. pectinicornis 5, tumbling flower beetle, Mordella aculeata 3, Mordellochroa abdominalis 4, frontalis 7, paradoxa 9, 10, whirligig beetle, Gyrinus natator 1, glow worm, Lampyris noctiluca 1, 2, cardinal beetle, Pyrochroa species 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Thomas Martyn's The English Entomologist, Exhibiting all the Coleopterous Insects found in England, Academy for Illustrating and Painting Natural History, London, 1792

1792 18th Century Beetle Cabinet Of Curiosities Coleoptera Enlightenment Entomology Frontalis Paradoxa Scientific Illustration The English Entomologist Thomas Martyn

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