Lampyris beetle, rove beetle, Staphylinus erythropterus 2, Staphylinus species 3, Ampedus sanguineus 4, Silpha pedemonta 5, Temnoscheila virescens 6, and rose chafer, Cetonia aurata 7. Handcoloured stipple engraving by Pancrace Bessa from Charles Malo’s Les Insectes, Louis Janet, Paris, 1820.

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