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Swallowtail Butterflies: Zebra (Papilio Protesilaus) and Peacock (Papilio Sinon).

Privet Hawk Moth, phynx ligustrtri populi and a Privet branch, ligustrum vulgare.

Cuckoo bee (1. Melecta puncata), Varigated cuckoo bee (2. Epeolus variegatus) and Plain dark-bee (3. Stelis phaeoptera)

Madagascan Sunset Moth: Urania Riphaeus.

Tawny Mining Bee (1. Andrena fulva), Ashy mining bee (2.Andrena cineraria) and Grey patched mining bee (3. Andrena nitida).

African Sunset moth (Tthaliura rhipheus) Upper and underside.

Bees: Honey bee. Queen, Male and worker.

Earwig; Madiera roach and Praying Mantis; Foricula biguttata, Blatta maderae, Mantis oratoria with segment details.

Sphaenogena mexicana and Calldrayas.

Emperor Moth, phalena pavonia and a White fruit Bramble branch, rubus fruticosa.

Bees: Large shaggy (1. Panurgus Banksianus), Long horned (2. Eucera longicornis), and Potter flower (3. Anthophora retusa).

Cynthia juliana, Anaartia amalthea and Junonia orthosia butterflies.

Great Morman Butterfly with caterpillar: Papilio Memnon from India.

Scorpion: Emperor Scorpion.

Pieris nigrina from Australia.

Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly, underside, caterpillar and chrysalis (1-4) and the Comma Butterfly underside, caterpillar and chrysalis. (5-8).

Butterflies: Hoetera Philoctetes, Hyades Horsfieldii, Eudamus Versicolor.

Foxy Emperor Butterfly (Charaxes jasius): Upper and underside view with chrysalis.

Hercules Beetle: Dynastas hercules.

Bees: Orange tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) and a Cander Bumblebee (Bombus muscorium).

Lantern Fly: Male firefly.

Donovan’s Bumblebee (Bombus Donovellus) and the Valparaiso Bumblebee (Bombus Grandis).

Butterflies: Morpho adonis and Pavonia anaxandra.

Striped Blue Crow (Euploea linniace) and Monarch (Euploea fexinne).

Olive shade Moth, spynx tilliae and a small leaved lime tree branch, tiliae europaea.

Cramer’s Rhetus: Two views. Rhetus Cramerii from Bahia.

Brimstone Butterfly, papilia rhamn and a Buckthorn branch, rhamnus catharticus.

Butterflies: Monarch (Danais archippus), Red Cracker (Peridromia amphinome) and Longwing (Heliconius doris).

Golden ringed Dragonfly, Cordulegaster annulatus. Male and female.

Cricket (Whistle Insect): Cricket from Barbary with a Waterbug brought by Catesby from the Carolinas.

Arpidea Chorinaea. Butterfly with Caterpiller and Crysalis.

Scarlet Tiger Moth, pahlaena dominula and Hound’s Tongue, cynoglossum officinale.

Caterpillars on an Oak Tree and another on the Wild Rose with chrysalises and moths.

Red Underwing on a Willow with chrysalis and moths.

Small Cabbage White Butterfly, female, underside, caterpillar and chrysalis (1-5) and the Green veined White Butterfly, female, underside, caterpillar and chrysalis. (6-10).

Leilus Occidentalis from Jamaica.

Papilio Harrisianus from Brazil, two views. Named after Moses Harris.

Locusts (Gryllus): G.bisasciatus, G bimaculatus, G granulatus, G leucostictos, G. griseus, G binotatus and Acheta. Engraved by John Pass.

Harris Humblebee (Bombus Harrisellus), bee pests Apathus vestalis and Apathus rupestris.

Emerald spreadwing; Lestes dryas, and Comman spreadwing; Lestes sponsa.

Bees: Humblebee (Bumblebee): Bombus terrestris.

Ctenophora flabellata Asilus crabroniformis, laphria gigas, mallephore infernnalis and Midas giganteus with segment details.

Wool carder bee (1. Anthidium manicatum), Sleepy Carpenter (2. Chelostoma florisomne) and Large-headed resin bee (3.Heriades truncorum).

Giant butterfly moth, Papua day-flying night moth, and Joseph’s Coat moth. Castinia Japyx, Cocytia durvillii and Agarista agricola.Castinia Japyx, Cocytia durvillii and Agarista agricola.

Caterpillars on the Woody Nightshade and the Larkspur with chrysalises, flies and moths.

Moth, phalaena monacha and the Apple Tree, pyrus malus.

Camel Cricket (Praying Mantis): With a pagoda and Chinese ship.

Locusts (Gryllus): G. foliaceus, Acrydium, G bipunctatus, G fabulatus, G. opacus. Engraved by John Pass.

Owl Moth: Erebus Strix.

Cracker Butterflies: Blue cracker (Peridromia arethusa) and Red cracker (Peridromia amphinome).

Caterpillar on the African Marigold with chrysalis and moths.

Yellow under-wing White Butterfly; Pieris (Melete) Limnobia from Rio de Janeiro.

Red Damselfy; Pyrrhosoma nymphula and Small Red Damselfly; Pyrrhosoma tenellum.

Unicorn or Bindweed Hawk Moth, sphynx tillae and the Guernsey Lily, amarylis sarniensi.

Killima huttoni, Neptis nicomedes and Thaleropus ionia.

Damselflies: Scarce blue tail Ischnura pumilio and and common blue tail Ischnura elegans

Mason bee (1. Osmia bicolor), Poppy bee ( 2. Anthocopa Papaveris), and Scissor bee (3. Osmia leucomelana).

Great Tortoise Shell Butterfly, papilia chloros and an Elm branch, ulmus campestris.

On the White-thorn Tree and the Gooseberry bush with chrysalis and moths.

Tailed flower bee (1. Anthophora furcata),Long-horn flower bee (2. Sarapoda bimaculata) and Thumbnail bee (3. Certina caerulea).

Brazilian Swallow-tail Butterfly with caterpillar: Protesilaus Leilus.

Iliades agenor and Parides oeneas.

Atlas Moths: Atticus pavonia major and minor.