EditorialTwo writing boxes Writing cassette of lacquerware, Mantis on an eggplant. Inside: plant motifs. In wooden box., Uematsu Hobi (attributed to), Japan, c. 1910, wood (plant material), lacquer (coating), gold (metal), suiteki, l 21.5 cm w 18.2 cm ? h 4.3 c...
EditorialSquilla mantis, Print, Squilla mantis is a species of mantis shrimp found in shallow coastal areas of the Mediterranean Sea and the Eastern Atlantic Ocean: it is also known as "pacchero". Its abundance has led to it being the only commercially fished m...
EditorialSquilla mantis, Print, Squilla mantis is a species of mantis shrimp found in shallow coastal areas of the Mediterranean Sea and the Eastern Atlantic Ocean: it is also known as "pacchero". Its abundance has led to it being the only commercially fished m...
EditorialMantis, Print, Mantises are an order (Mantodea) of insects that contains over 2, 400 species in about 430 genera in 15 families. The largest family is the Mantidae ("mantids"). Mantises are distributed worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. They...
EditorialSquilla mantis, Print, Squilla mantis is a species of mantis shrimp found in shallow coastal areas of the Mediterranean Sea and the Eastern Atlantic Ocean: it is also known as "pacchero". Its abundance has led to it being the only commercially fished m...
EditorialRhombodera, Print, Rhombodera is a genus of praying mantises native to Asia and possessing common names such as shield mantis, hood mantis (or hooded mantis), and leaf mantis (or leafy mantis) because of their extended, leaf-like thoraxes.
EditorialMantis, Print, Mantises are an order (Mantodea) of insects that contains over 2, 400 species in about 430 genera in 15 families. The largest family is the Mantidae ("mantids"). Mantises are distributed worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. They...
EditorialCone-headed Grasshopper or Locust, (batta); Praying Mantis (Toro or Kamakiri), from the Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (Ehon mushi erami).
EditorialL'Amarante rouge a Crete. Cockscomb, Celosia cristata, with praying mantis. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz' Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses, qui se cultivent tant dans les jardins de la...
EditorialCone-headed Grasshopper or Locust, (batta); Praying Mantis (Toro or Kamakiri), from the Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (Ehon mushi erami).
EditorialTwo beetles and a praying mantis (to be identified). Draughtsman: Robert Jacob Gordon (attributed to). Dating: Oct-1777 - Mar-1786. Measurements: h 660 mm ? w 480 mm; h 155 mm ? w 296 mm.
EditorialBeetle, Butterfly and Mantis. Kyomjae hwachop [Album of paintings by Kyomjae]. Korea, mid-18th century. Beetle, Butterfly and Mantis. Image taken from Kyomjae hwachop [Album of paintings by Kyomjae]. Originally published/produced in Korea, mid-18th c...
EditorialCone-headed Grasshopper or Locust, (batta); Praying Mantis (Toro or Kamakiri), from the Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (Ehon mushi erami).
EditorialL'Amarante rouge a Crete. Cockscomb, Celosia cristata, with praying mantis. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz' Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses, qui se cultivent tant dans les jardins de la...
EditorialPraying mantis, Mantis religiosa, and egg case. Handcoloured steel engraving from Georg Friedrich Treitschke's Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thierreiches, Liepzig, 1842.
EditorialMantis shrimp, Squilla mantis (Long-bodied crab, Cancer mantis). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's The Naturalist's Miscellany, London, 1804.
EditorialAfrican flower mantis, Pseudocreobotra ocellata Mantis Harpax ocellaria 1, Pentatoma bicolorata 2, Cerbus? flaveolus 3, Diaspidius scapha 4, and Pyrrhocoris princeps 5. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's "Illustr...
EditorialSpearer mantis shrimp, Lysiosquillina maculata (Squilla maculata). Handcolored engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Blanchard from Charles d'Orbigny's "Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle" (Universal Dictionary of Natural History), Pa...
EditorialPraying mantis, Stagmatoptera precaria. Illustration drawn by George Shaw. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany," London, 1798. Most of the 1,064 illustrations of animals, birds, insects...