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Scientific illustrations

“…every art should become science,

and every science should become art…”

            Friedrich von Schlegel (1797), poet, critic, philosopher, philologist.

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Take a closer look. We get to know species by observing their specialized structures; hooks, pincers, syringes, borers, even reproductive organs. Detailed scientific illustrations show these and reveal the diversity of invertebrate life.

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Looking into the eyes of the Zebra Spider.

© Jeremy Poole

 

Zebra Spider (Salticus scenicus) is a common British species of the jumping spiders that lives on vertical surfaces, such tree barks, outer walls of houses, fences, etc. See here and here for more information.

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Scanning electron microscope images:

left – body scales and sensory organs of a jumping spider;

middle – soil mites (Oribatida) and the mouthpart of the deer tick, Ixodes ricinus (top-right);

right – reproductive organs of the Central American jumping spider Lyssomanes viridis.

 

© Dmitri Logunov & Ritva Penttinen

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Original colour plates reproduced in the book by M. Greenhalgh ‘Freshwater life, Britain and Northern Europe’ (2007).

The left figure plate shows a selection of common British species of Diving Beetles (family Dytiscidae); the right plate shows four British species of Darters (genus Sympetrum, family Libellulidae). Drawn from specimens in the Manchester Museum collections.

 

Artists: Denys Ovenden (left) & Tony Disley (right).

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International editions of the book by M. Greenhalgh ‘Freshwater life, Britain and Northern Europe’: English (2007), German (2010) and Estonian (2007).

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Mini-displays used for teaching from the collection at Manchester Museum:

left – Cabbage Moth (Mamestra brassica) and Large White (Pieris brassica), common British species that could cause severe crop damage of a wide variety of plant species, including cabbage.

middle – An educational set of common British insects that could be found around ponds and streams; produced by the famous Manchester-based company Flatters and Garnett Ltd which went bankrupt in 1967.

right – Currant Clearwing Moth (Sessia tipuliformis), a widespread but rare British moth species that can be found in rural and urban locations where foodplants occur.

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Selection of entomological popular books, identification guides, catalogues and atlases with a variety of insect-related artworks.

 

Manchester Museum and personal collection.

To know more about the objects click on the picture.

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