Cicada killer wasp, Sphecius grandis 1, pigeon tremex horntail, Tremex columba 2, harvester ant, Messor barbarus 3, shield beetle, Raphigaster validus 4, black and scarlet cicada, Huechys sanguinea 5,6, and fish hook ant, Polyrhachis bihamata 7,8. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's "Illustrations of Exotic Entomology," Bohn, London, 1837.

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