EditorialHimantopus acarus, Print, Stilt, Stilt is a common name for several species of birds in the family Recurvirostridae, which also includes those known as avocets. They are found in brackish or saline wetlands in warm or hot climates.
EditorialCuticular mite, Acarus exulcerans. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany," London, 1805.
EditorialEggs of the acarus mite on vulture feathers, magnified x70. Chromolithograph after an illustration by E.T.D., lithographed by Vincent Brooks, from "Graphic Microscopy" plates to illustrate "Hardwicke's Science Gossip," London, 1865-1885.
EditorialArchipteria coleoptrata mite (Wandering mite, Acarus coleoptratus). Illustration drawn George Shaw. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany," London, 1800.
EditorialPectinated mite, Acarus pectinatus. Illustration drawn by Dr. George Shaw and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany," London, 1805.
EditorialLozenge acarus, Acarus rhombeatus. Illustration drawn by George Shaw and engraved by Frederick Nodder. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany," London, 1798. Most of the 1,064 illustration...