An insect setting board typical of the 19th Century in Britain. The green beetle is a Green tiger beetle (Cicindela campestris), the yellow butterfly

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An insect setting board typical of the 19th Century in Britain. The green beetle is a Green tiger beetle (Cicindela campestris), the yellow butterfly is a clouded Yellow (Colias croesus). Colour plate by W. Spry from \Instructions for Collecting, Rearing, and Preserving British and Foreign Insects\" by Abel Ingpen. Published by William Smith, London. Second edition 1839. The first edition emerged in 1827 when Darwin was at his most fanatical in insect collecting at Cambridge. For him and fellow beetle collector Leonard Jenyns this book remained a guide."

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Photo credit: © PAUL D STEWART/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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