Digital Collections | AMNH - Woodcut depicting the paper nest of the common European wasp or yellow jacket, from Aldrovandi, De animalibus insectis

Rare Books & Manuscripts

Title page from Aldrovandi, De animalibus insectis

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Chart showing the hierarchical classification and evolutionary relationships of insects from Aldrovandi, De animalibus insectis

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Drawings of crickets, katydids, and grasshoppers from Aldrovandi, De animalibus insectis

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European hornet and European paper wasp from Amédée Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, Histoire naturelle des insectes

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Wasp's nest from Amédée Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, Histoire naturelle des insectes

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Wasps from Say, American entomology, or Descriptions of the insects of North America

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Arboreal nest of the Malagasy acrobat ant from Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar

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Woodcuts depicting different views of European cicadas from Moffett, Insectorum sive minimorum animalium theatrum

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Cuckoo wasps on leaf from Donovan, Natural history of the insects of India

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Ants, bees, and wasps (Hymenoptera) and their nests from Musée entomologique illustré : histoire naturelle iconographique des insectes

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Diverse stinging wasps of Madagascar from Saussure, Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar

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Nest of Bornean termite from "Observations on termites...," The Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology, 1898

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Wasps from Amédée, Histoire naturelle des insectes

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The fairy wasp from Curtis, British entomology

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Hexapods, including dragonflies, butterflies, wasps, and beetles from Hoefnagel, Diversae insectarum

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Parasitic wasps from Amédée Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, Histoire naturelle des insectes

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Cuckoo wasps with wing detail, from Amédée Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, Histoire naturelle des insectes

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Iconic honey bee basket, hive from the frontispiece from Moffett's Insectorum sive minimorum animalium theatrum

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Southern African common milkweed locust with red wings and yellow abdomen from Donovan, Natural history of the insects of China

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Lithograph of the Central American cave cockroach from Audouin, Histoire naturelle des insectes

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