'Six-spotted shieldbug' Richard Polydore Nodder
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'Six-spotted shieldbug'
Entomological studies of a six-spotted shieldbug, identified by the author as Scutellera sex-maculata "Red shining with silver...Inhabits New Caledonia." Plate 14 from The zoological miscellany; being a description of new, or interesting animals, by William Elford Leach, volume 1 (London, 1815). The plate is inscribed: "Drawn Engraved & Published by R. P. Nodder March 1814." William Elford Leach (1790-1836) British naturalist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1816.
Original: copperplate engraving. 1814
- Image reference: RS-10212
- The Royal Society
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