EditorialLarvae discovered during a customs inspection turned out to be members of the moth family Pyralidae. The adult moths have black and gold dots. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection via The New York Times)
EditorialLarvae discovered during a customs inspection turned out to be members of the moth family Pyralidae. The adult moths have black and gold dots. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection via The New York Times)
EditorialJar Shaped like an Curling Insect with Single Spout in the Form of a Human Head. Chim?; North coast, Peru. Date: 1200-1450. Dimensions: 15.2 ? 26.7 ? 25.7 cm (6 ? 10 1/2 ? 10 1/8 in.). Ceramic. Origin: North Coast.
EditorialSmall Bowl with an Abstract Insect or Animal Painted in Interior. Mogollon; Southeastern Arizona or southwest New Mexico, United States. Date: 950 AD-1150. Dimensions: Diam. 15.2 cm (6 in.). Ceramic and pigment. Origin: Arizona.
EditorialMargin-winged stick insect, Ctenomorpha chronus, and red epacris, Epacris impressa. (Walking stick mantis, Phasma sp.) Chromolithograph after an illustration by Louisa Anne Meredith from her book Tasmanian Friends and Foes, Feathered, Furred and Finned...
EditorialFolding fan, consisting of a frame of ajour and embossed ivory painted with watercolor and a leather leaf, on which gouache painted a forest and river landscape with three nymphs on the back and a house hidden between a forestage, on which gouache pain...
EditorialA cat looking up at a butterfly. An insect (grasshopper?) and plant. Kyomjae hwach’op. [Album of paintings by Kyomjae [i.e.Chong Son]]. 18th century ?. Album of 16 paintings attributed to the Korean artist Chong Son (1676–1759). Source: Or.14391 p....
EditorialBird with Tulip, Carnation, Butterflies, and Insect, Pen and ink, traces of graphite on coated wove paper, Bouquet of two carnations and a tulip bound by a blue ribbon; bird perched on tulip; butterflies and insect fly above., England or France, 18th c...
Editorialtile field, Anonymous, 18th century, tin glaze, earthenware, With frame: 29 x 42 x 3.5cm (290 x 420 x 35mm), Tile: 12.8 x 12.8 x 0.8cm (128 x 128 x 8mm), butterfly, carnation, flower, rose, insect, tulip, northern netherlands, Tile field of six tiles (...
EditorialInsects, Rice paper, Detailed representation in color of five butterflies and four insects one winged insect and three beetles., China, 18th century, Drawing, Drawing.
EditorialBamboo walking stick insect from Jamaica. Illustration copied from George Edwards. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from "The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine," Harrison, London, 1800.
EditorialWomen sewing, Edo period, Japan, c1795-c1796. A group of respectable married women, surrounded by their children and even a pet cat are working together on a hot summer's day folding and mending obi sashes. On the right, two of them stretch and fold a ...
EditorialWalking leaf insect, Phyllium species, from the West Indies. Illustration copied from George Edwards. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from "The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine," Harrison, London, 1799.
EditorialWalking stick insect from the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Illustration copied from George Edwards. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from "The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine," Harrison, London, 1799.