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Front cover of ‘Michell’s Seeds’ 1898 catalogue with an illustration of Sweet Peas.
Henry F. Michell, 1018 Market St. Philadelphia.
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Is it already Feathursday??
This greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) is racing into the weekend full speed ahead!
SciArt by Robert Wilson Shufeldt for Ibis (1885), the scientific journal of the British Ornithologists’ Union.
View more in the Biodiversity Heritage Library (@biodivlibrary) with thanks to the Research Library of the American Museum of Natural History (@amnhnyc) for digitizing.
️ Happy Pride Month! ️
Insects are some of the most colorful and diverse species of all biodiversity. These moths and butterflies are by Emile-Allain Séguy for his Papillons (1925). Seguy’s work shows his deep interest in the study of insects as well as his artistic expression in these remarkable designs, which were likely intended for textiles or wallpaper.
Figures 1 and 2: Madagascan sunset moths (Chrysiridia rhipheus)
Figure 3: Green-banded Urania moth (Urania leilus)
Figures 4 and 5: Red flasher butterflies (Panacea prola zaraja)
View in Biodiversity Heritage Library (@biodivlibrary) with thanks to Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (@smithsonianlibraries) for digitizing.
Happy Amphibian Week!
Amphibian Week wouldn’t be complete without sharing Ernst Haeckel’s study of frogs from his Kunstformen der Natur(1899).
View more in Biodiversity Heritage Library with thanks to Smithsonian Libraries for digitizing.
Happy Amphibian Week!
Fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra) are found throughout Europe.
SciArt by J. Green for the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London(1911).View more in the Biodiversity Heritage Library (@biodivlibrary) with thanks to the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (@smithsonianlibraries) for digitizing.
Happy International Leopard Day!
Leopards (Panthera pardus) are the most widespread of the big cats.
SciArt by Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert for Richard Lydekker,Wild Life of the World, Vol. 2 (1916).
View more in the Biodiversity Heritage Library with thanks to the Gerstein Science Information Centre of the University of Toronto Libraries for digitizing.
Explore more public domain illustrations uploaded by Biodiversity Heritage Library in their Flickr account and gathered into my gallery.
Happy Feathursday!
Eurasian spoonbill(Platalea leucorodia).
SciArt by Elizabeth Gould and John Gould for The Birds of Europe, Vol. 4 (1837). View more in the Biodiversity Heritage Library with thanks to the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives for digitizing.
Happy Squirrel Appreciation Day!
Squirrels are part of the taxonomic family Sciuridae, which includes small to medium sized rodents, from the usual suspects as well as chipmunks, marmots, and prairie dogs.
Squirrels are found all over the world, indigenous to all parts except Australia where they were introduced by humans. Nature’s acrobats live in both trees and on the ground with different species active at all times of the day. From their complex underground burrows to their flights through the air with the greatest of ease, these mammals are certainly worth appreciating.
Collie’s Squirrels(Sciurus colliaei), tree-dwelling diurnal herbivores, which are native to Mexico. SciArt by John Woodhouse Audubon for The Quadrupeds of North America, Vol. 3 (1854) by John James Audubon and John Bachman, which has been digitized and included for open access in Biodiversity Heritage Library (@biodivlibrary).
Happy Birthday, Priscilla Susan Bury!
Priscilla Susan Bury (12 January 1799 – 8 March 1872) was a talented scientist, artist, and author. The trio of Amaryllis above are from her work, A Selection of Hexandrian Plants(1831-1834).
MIDDLE:Hippeastrum psittacinum
BOTTOM:Hippeastrum elegans
View more from Priscilla Susan Bury in the Biodiversity Heritage Library (@biodivlibrary) and from this work in particular, which was digitized by the Peter H. Raven Library of the Missouri Botanical Garden (@mobotgarden).
It’s World Ocean Day!
Oceans are teeming with biodiversity, like these ascidians (Class Ascidiacea) which are filter feeders.
SciArt by Ernst Haeckel for his Kunstformen der Natur (1904). View more in the Biodiversity Heritage Library (@biodivlibrary) with thanks to the University Library of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign for digitizing.
Happy Tree Tuesday!
Trees are homes for all kinds of birds, and this illustration shows a heronry, also known as a heron rookery. Heronries are large nesting sites for dozens of herons. This forest in particular was estimated to host between 200 to 400 nesting pairs of grey herons (Ardea cinerea) at the time of the photograph!
SciArt by John Gerrard Keulemans entitled “Heronry in Great Sowden Wood, Sussex”, which he based on a photograph taken 18 August 1877, and completed for Ornithological Miscellany, Vol. 3 (1878), edited by George Dawson Rowley. View more in the Biodiversity Heritage Library (@biodivlibrary) with thanks to Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (@smithsonianlibraries) for digitizing.
