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Aquatic algae with a water beetle and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Date: 1 Jan 1830Reference: 24024i
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Lady's bedstraw plant (Galium verum) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Date: 1 July 1830Reference: 24058i
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Gladdon or stinking iris (Iris foetidissima) with an insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Date: 1 Jan 1830Reference: 24025i
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A spurge plant (Euphorbia portlandica) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Date: 1 September 1830Reference: 24157i
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A helleborine plant (Epipactis grandiflora) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Date: 1 April 1830Reference: 24043i
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A cabbage plant (Brassica oleracea) with an associated moth or butterfly and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Date: 1 April 1831Reference: 24197i
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A horsetail plant (Equisetum species) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Date: 1 Aug 1830Reference: 24154i
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Wood sorrel flower (Oxalis acetosella) with an associated butterfly and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Date: 1 March 1830Reference: 24033i
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British entomology, being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects. Found in Great Britain and Ireland. Containing coloured figures from nature of the most rare and beautiful species and in many instances of the plants upon which they are found / By John Curtis.
Curtis, John, 1791-1862.Date: 1824-1839
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A wallflower (Cheiranthus cheiri) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Date: 1 September 1830Reference: 24160i
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Vetch plant (Vicia sativa) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Date: 1 Aug 1830Reference: 24156i
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Frog-bit plant (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae) with an associated water-beetle and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Date: 1 May 1830Reference: 24045i
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An aquatic plant (Utricularia minor) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Date: 1 January 1831Reference: 24188i
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A sandwort plant (Arenaria serpyllifolia) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Date: 1 November 1830Reference: 24174i
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A Back's grayling and a cross-section of its gill. Coloured etching by J. Curtis.
Curtis, John, 1791-1862.Date: 1823Reference: 42014i
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A broomrape plant (Orobanche caerulea) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Date: 1 December 1831Reference: 24227i
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Fennel-leaved pondweed (Potamogeton pectinatus) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Date: 1 June 1831Reference: 24204i
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A grass (Arundo arenaria) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Date: 1 Feb 1830Reference: 24030i
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A broomrape plant (Orobanche minor) with an associated beetle and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Date: 1 April 1830Reference: 24035i
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A bird rape plant (Brassica campestris) with an associated moth and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Date: 1 December 1830Reference: 24179i
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A dewberry plant (Rubus caesius) in fruit with an associated moth, its caterpillar and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Date: 1 May 1831Reference: 24201i
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Field or hedge maple (Acer campestre) leaves and fruit with an associated moth, its caterpillar and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Date: 1 October 1830Reference: 24166i
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A harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) with an associated moth and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Date: 1 September 1830Reference: 24159i
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Ox-tongue plant (Picris echioides) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Date: 1 July 1830Reference: 24054i
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A blessed thistle (Cnicus palustris) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Date: 1 June 1830Reference: 24051i