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Five dragonflies and four mayflies.

image courtesy of Wellcome Library, London | CC BY 4.0

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Date

9 Feb 1780

Artist

James Barbut (active 1777-1786)

Collection

Wellcome Library

Image Link

https://wellcomecollection.org/works/k9xecxkk

Description

Coloured engraving by J. Newton, ca. 1780, after J. Barbut.
Inscription: Ordo 4. Insecta Neuroptera Genus I. Libellulae . Genus II . Ephemerae ; Jas Barbut delin ; Jas Newton sculp
Additional makers: Newton, James, 1748-approximately 1804.

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CC BY 4.0

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image courtesy of Wellcome Library, London

Location

Europe

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Insects

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TWW Comment

Widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere "Les genres des insectes de Linné, constatés par divers échantillons d'insectes d'Angleterre, copiés d'après nature”, by Jacque Barbut, Pg 203 (https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51227536)

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