Molophilus brevipennis, Molophilus ater, Short-winged Mountain Gnat

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Molophilus brevipennis, Molophilus ater, Short-winged Mountain Gnat, and spring gentian, Gentiana verna. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Curtis for his own "British Entomology, being Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insects found in Great Britain and Ireland," London, 1834. Curtis (1791 –1862) was an entomologist, illustrator, engraver and publisher. "British Entomology" was published from 1824 to 1839, and comprised 770 illustrations of insects and the plants upon which they are found.

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Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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