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Benjamin Wilkes

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Butterfly Wing: (1a-b) Butterfly wing in actual size and enlarged (3, enlarged detail of the wing, (2) Butterfly wing in actual size, (4a-b) House Fly wing in actual size and enlarged. (5,d-n) A small microscope glass with Butterfly dust and the distinct shapes of the dust particles.

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

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

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

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

Butterflies: 1 Poplar 2 White marbled 3 Brimstone 4 Silver Comma 5 Lesser Tortoise Shell with caterpillars and chrysalises.

Sphaenogena mexicana and Calldrayas.

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

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

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

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

Great Morman Butterfly with caterpillar: Papilio Memnon from India.

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

Pieris nigrina from Australia.

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

Butterflies: Pieris Epicharis and Pieris Philyra.

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

Hercules Beetle: Dynastas hercules.

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

Killima huttoni, Neptis nicomedes and Thaleropus ionia.

Caterpillar on the African Marigold with chrysalis and moths.

Butterflies: 1 Swallow Tail (Papilio Machaon) and Painted Lady (Papilion Cardui) with caterpillars and and chrysalises.

Lantern Fly: Male firefly.

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

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

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

Bees: Drone, Queen, Worker Bee and Honeycomb. Key Available.

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

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

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

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

Brazilian Swallow-tail Butterfly with caterpillar: Protesilaus Leilus.

Butterflies: 1 Camberwell Beauty 2 Peacock 3 Red Admirable) with caterpillars and chrysalises.

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

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

Moths: 1 Blue underwing 2 Fruit Piercing and 3 Amerila madagascariensis.

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

Butterfly: Brown Atlas Butterfly with Orange tree branch and blossoms.

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

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).

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

Bees: Sharp-tailed bee (1. Coelioxys Vectis), Coastal leaf-cutter bee (2. Megachile maritima), and Argentinian leaf- cutter bee (3.Megachile argentata).

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

Iliades agenor and Parides oeneas.

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

Red Underwing on a Willow with chrysalis and moths.

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

Atlas Moths: Atticus pavonia major and minor.

Scorpion: Emperor Scorpion.

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

Butterflies: Polyommatus Marsyas and Polyommatus Endymion

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

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

Butterflies: Catagramma Condomanus and Catagramma Pyramus

Butterflies: Hoetera Philoctetes, Hyades Horsfieldii, Eudamus Versicolor.

Leilus Occidentalis from Jamaica.