Spring dumbledor, Trypocopris vernalis 9, bee beetle, Trichius fasciatus 10, Hoplia philanthus subsp. philanthus 11, cockchafer maybeetle, Melolontha melolontha 12, Bodilopsis sordidus 13, Agrilinus ater 14, horned dung beetle, Copris lunaris 15, 16, summer chafer, Amphimallon solstitiale 17, and , male and female 18, 19. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Thomas Martyn’s The English Entomologist, Exhibiting all the Coleopterous Insects found in England, Academy for Illustrating and Painting Natural History, London, 1792.

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