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Coltsfoot flower and leaf (Tussilago farfara) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
1 August 1831
Hazel twig (Corylus avellana) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
1 February 1831
A snake's head or guinea flower (Fritillaria meleagris) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 October 1830
Stinking hellebore (Helleborus foetidus) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
1 July 1831
A bird rape plant (Brassica campestris) with an associated moth and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 December 1830
Common barberry (Berberis vulgaris) with an associated moth, its caterpillar, chrysalis and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
1 November 1831
A hawthorn twig (Crataegus species) with an associated butterfly, its caterpillar, chrysalis and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
1 May 1831
Fennel-leaved pondweed (Potamogeton pectinatus) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
1 June 1831
A cabbage plant (Brassica oleracea) with an associated moth or butterfly and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
1 April 1831
Bastard alkanet plant (Lithospermum arvense) with an associated beetle, its larva and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 November 1830
Stonecrop or wall pepper plant (Sedum acre) with an associated beetle and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
1 November 1831
A mint plant (Mentha species) with an associated moth or butterfly and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 August 1830
Couch grass (Elymus repens) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 May 1830
Frog-bit plant (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae) with an associated water-beetle and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 May 1830
Aquatic algae with a water beetle and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 Jan 1830
A fungal fruiting body (Coprinus species) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 December 1830
A dehiscing puffball (Lycoperdon species) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
1 May 1831
Dyer's rocket plant (Reseda luteola) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
1 September 1831
A pine tree shoot (Pinus species) with an associated moth, its caterpillar and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
1 July 1831
Wild garlic plant (Allium ursinum) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
1 August 1831
A corn marigold (Chrysanthemum segetum) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 December 1830
A dewberry plant (Rubus caesius) in flower with an associated moth and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
1 December 1831
Knawel plant (Scleranthus annuus) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 March 1830
A thistle (Carduus arvensis) with an associated moth and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 Feb 1830
Common mullein (Verbascum thapsus) with an associated moth and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
1 February 1831
Sheep's-bit plant (Jasione montana) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
1 August 1831
Kidney-vetch plant (Anthyllis vulneraria) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 November 1830
Crested hair grass (Koeleria cristata) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
1 May 1831
Bedstraw or crosswort plant (Galium cruciatum) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 October 1830
A campion plant (Silene cucubalus) with an associated moth, its caterpillar and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 May 1830
Spurge laurel plant (Daphne laureola) with an associated moth and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
1 August 1831
Bogbean or buckbean plant (Menyanthes trifoliata) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 Feb 1830
Dog rose (Rosa canina) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
1 October 1831
A blessed thistle (Cnicus palustris) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 June 1830
A harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) with an associated moth and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 September 1830
Wood sorrel flower (Oxalis acetosella) with an associated butterfly and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 March 1830
Sea beet plant (Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima) with an associated beetle and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 June 1830
An anemone plant (Anemone apennina) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
1 December 1831
A meadow rue plant (Thalictrum flavum) with an associated moth and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
1 October 1831
Chickweed plant (Cerastium glomeratum) with two associated wasps and their anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
1 September 1831
A thistle (Carduus acanthoides) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 September 1830
A sedge (Carex dioica) with an associated insect and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
1 November 1831
Rest-harrow plant (Ononis arvensis) with an associated moth and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 November 1830
A plant (Matthiola sinuata) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
1 March 1831
A chickweed plant (Cerastium quaternellum) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
1 October 1831
A broomrape plant (Orobanche minor) with an associated beetle and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 April 1830
A broomrape plant (Orobanche caerulea) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
1 December 1831
Vetch plant (Vicia sativa) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 Aug 1830
A wallflower (Cheiranthus cheiri) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 September 1830
A horsetail plant (Equisetum species) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 Aug 1830
Gladdon or stinking iris (Iris foetidissima) with an insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 Jan 1830
A liverwort (Hepaticae species) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 Aug 1830
A sand spurrey plant (Spergularia media) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
1 March 1831
A knapweed (Centaurea species) with an associated insect and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
1 November 1831
Green-winged orchid (Orchis morio) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
1 September 1831
Levant or wild madder plant (Rubia peregrina) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 October 1830
Chickweed or stitchwort plant (Stellaria graminea) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 Feb 1830
Calamint plant (Calamintha species) with an associated butterfly and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 April 1830
A campion plant (Silene gallica) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
1 April 1831
Speedwell plant (Veronica serpyllifolia) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
1 September 1831
Thrift flower (Armeria species) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 March 1830
A groundsel plant (Senecio viscosus) with an associated beetle and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 April 1830
A fern with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 April 1830
An allseed plant (Radiola linoides) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
1 June 1831
A plant (Bartsia viscosa) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
1 April 1831
Bee orchid (Ophrys apifera) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 June 1830
A snapdragon plant (Antirrhinum orontium) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 December 1830
Ox-tongue plant (Picris echioides) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 July 1830
A sandwort plant (Arenaria serpyllifolia) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 November 1830
A helleborine plant (Epipactis grandiflora) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 April 1830
A spurge plant (Euphorbia portlandica) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 September 1830
Lady's bedstraw plant (Galium verum) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 July 1830
A small fern with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
1 March 1831
Quaking grass (Briza minor) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
1 April 1831
A buttercup (Ranunculus arvensis) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 March 1830
Skull cap or helmet flower (Scutellaria minor) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
1 July 1831
A moss with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 July 1830
Hedge mustard plant (Sisymbrium tenuifolium) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 Jan 1830
Dyer's greenweed plant (Genista tinctoria) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 June 1830
A grass (Arundo arenaria) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
1 Feb 1830
A cat's-ear plant (Hypochaeris radicata) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
1 December 1831
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.
1823-40
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.
1824-1839
Updated 2026-09-06
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Hazel twig (Corylus avellana) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
A snake's head or guinea flower (Fritillaria meleagris) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Stinking hellebore (Helleborus foetidus) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
A bird rape plant (Brassica campestris) with an associated moth and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Common barberry (Berberis vulgaris) with an associated moth, its caterpillar, chrysalis and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
A hawthorn twig (Crataegus species) with an associated butterfly, its caterpillar, chrysalis and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Fennel-leaved pondweed (Potamogeton pectinatus) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
A cabbage plant (Brassica oleracea) with an associated moth or butterfly and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Bastard alkanet plant (Lithospermum arvense) with an associated beetle, its larva and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Stonecrop or wall pepper plant (Sedum acre) with an associated beetle and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
A mint plant (Mentha species) with an associated moth or butterfly and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Couch grass (Elymus repens) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Frog-bit plant (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae) with an associated water-beetle and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Aquatic algae with a water beetle and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
A fungal fruiting body (Coprinus species) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
A dehiscing puffball (Lycoperdon species) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Dyer's rocket plant (Reseda luteola) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
A pine tree shoot (Pinus species) with an associated moth, its caterpillar and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Wild garlic plant (Allium ursinum) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
A corn marigold (Chrysanthemum segetum) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
A dewberry plant (Rubus caesius) in flower with an associated moth and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Knawel plant (Scleranthus annuus) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
A thistle (Carduus arvensis) with an associated moth and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Common mullein (Verbascum thapsus) with an associated moth and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Sheep's-bit plant (Jasione montana) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Kidney-vetch plant (Anthyllis vulneraria) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Crested hair grass (Koeleria cristata) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Bedstraw or crosswort plant (Galium cruciatum) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
A campion plant (Silene cucubalus) with an associated moth, its caterpillar and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Spurge laurel plant (Daphne laureola) with an associated moth and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Bogbean or buckbean plant (Menyanthes trifoliata) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Dog rose (Rosa canina) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
A blessed thistle (Cnicus palustris) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
A harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) with an associated moth and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Wood sorrel flower (Oxalis acetosella) with an associated butterfly and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Sea beet plant (Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima) with an associated beetle and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
An anemone plant (Anemone apennina) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
A meadow rue plant (Thalictrum flavum) with an associated moth and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Chickweed plant (Cerastium glomeratum) with two associated wasps and their anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
A thistle (Carduus acanthoides) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
A sedge (Carex dioica) with an associated insect and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Rest-harrow plant (Ononis arvensis) with an associated moth and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
A plant (Matthiola sinuata) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
A chickweed plant (Cerastium quaternellum) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
A broomrape plant (Orobanche minor) with an associated beetle and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
A broomrape plant (Orobanche caerulea) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Vetch plant (Vicia sativa) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
A wallflower (Cheiranthus cheiri) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
A horsetail plant (Equisetum species) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Gladdon or stinking iris (Iris foetidissima) with an insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
A liverwort (Hepaticae species) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
A sand spurrey plant (Spergularia media) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
A knapweed (Centaurea species) with an associated insect and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Green-winged orchid (Orchis morio) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Levant or wild madder plant (Rubia peregrina) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Chickweed or stitchwort plant (Stellaria graminea) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Calamint plant (Calamintha species) with an associated butterfly and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
A campion plant (Silene gallica) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Speedwell plant (Veronica serpyllifolia) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Thrift flower (Armeria species) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
A groundsel plant (Senecio viscosus) with an associated beetle and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
A fern with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
An allseed plant (Radiola linoides) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
A plant (Bartsia viscosa) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Bee orchid (Ophrys apifera) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
A snapdragon plant (Antirrhinum orontium) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Ox-tongue plant (Picris echioides) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
A sandwort plant (Arenaria serpyllifolia) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
A helleborine plant (Epipactis grandiflora) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
A spurge plant (Euphorbia portlandica) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Lady's bedstraw plant (Galium verum) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
A small fern with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Quaking grass (Briza minor) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
A buttercup (Ranunculus arvensis) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Skull cap or helmet flower (Scutellaria minor) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
A moss with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Hedge mustard plant (Sisymbrium tenuifolium) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Dyer's greenweed plant (Genista tinctoria) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
A grass (Arundo arenaria) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
A cat's-ear plant (Hypochaeris radicata) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
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.
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.