EditorialRicinus, Greater Cataputia, Wunderbaum, Ticks, Fol. 422v, 1590, Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Joachim Camerarius: Kreuterbuch desz hochgelehrten unnd weitber?hmten Herrn D. Petri Andreae Matthioli. Franckfort am Mayn: [Feyrabendt], 1590.
EditorialSilk frock or robe ? la fran?aise with vertical yellow and white stripes and multi-colored bouquets with oval pouffes and lined with a multicolored ikat, frock or robe ? la fran?aise made of silk with vertical yellow and white stripes and scatter motif...
EditorialEmbossing hammer from ijer inlaid with silver and copper, embossing hammer made of iron. The square handle is decorated with arabasques and runs flat downwards. A round opening is provided on the transition from handle to head. The head, which is squar...
EditorialCushion cover, ticks cushion cover of linen, white and blue checkered and checked., Netherlands, c. 1800 - c. 1950, linen (material), h 81.5 cm ? w 65.5 cm.
EditorialIxodes, Print, Ixodes is a genus of hard-bodied ticks (family Ixodidae). It includes important disease vectors of animals and humans (tick-borne disease), and some species (notably Ixodes holocyclus) inject toxins that can cause paralysis. Some ticks i...
EditorialHyalomma, Print, Hyalomma is a genus of hard-bodied ticks common in Asia, Europe, and North Africa. They are also found in Southern Africa. The name is derived from Greek: hyalos (?a???) crystal, glass; and omma (o??a) eye.
EditorialHypopus, Print, The Acari are a taxon of arachnids that contains mites and ticks. The diversity of the Acari is extraordinary and their fossil history goes back to at least the early Devonian period. Acarologists (people who study the Acari) have propo...
EditorialAmblyomma, Print, Amblyomma is a genus of hard ticks. Some are disease vectors, for example for Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Brazil or ehrlichiosis in the United States.
EditorialFour each of lice, ticks, mites, weevils. Kitab Na't al-hayawan (book of the characteristics of animals). Middle East, 13th century. A treatise on animals and the medical properties of the various parts of their bodies, compiled from works of Aristotle...
EditorialBeggar-ticks, Bidens pilosa (striated flowered bur-marigold, Bidens striata). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Swan after an illustration by William Jackson Hooker from Samuel Curtis' "Botanical Magazine," London, 1832.