Rhinoceros beetle, Sinodendron cylindricum 20,21, common dung beetle, Aphodius fimetarius 22, Acrossus luridus 23, brown chafer, Serica brunnea 24, earth-boring dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius 25, hide beetle, Trox sabulosus 26, rose chafer, Cetonia aurata 27, noble chafer, Gnorimus nobilis 28, night-flying dung beetle, Acrossus rufipes 29, and digger small dung beetle, Teuchestes fossor 30. 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
Rhinoceros beetle, Sinodendron cylindricum 20,21, common dung beetle, Aphodius fimetarius 22, Acrossus luridus 23, brown chafer, Serica brunnea 24, earth-boring dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius 25, hide beetle, Trox sabulosus 26, rose chafer, Cetonia aurata 27, noble chafer, Gnorimus nobilis 28, night-flying dung beetle, Acrossus rufipes 29, and digger small dung beetle, Teuchestes fossor 30. 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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