| Summary: | This image depicts various species of flies, wasps, ants and other insects: Large milkweed bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus (Dallas) (top left); Oblong-winged katydid, Amblycorypha oblongifolia (DeGreer), pink form; Northern dusk-singing cicada, Tibicen auletes (Germar), larger; Hieroglyphic cicada Neocicada heiroglyphica (Say), smaller; Pelecinid wasp, Pelecinus polyturator (Drury); Black horse fly, Tabanus atratus (Fabricius) (center); Scoliid wasp, Elis quadrinotata (Fabricius); Robber fly, undetermined species (bottom left); Black and yellow mud dauber, Sceliphron caementarium (Drury); and Velvet ant, or Cow killer, Dasymutilla occidentalis (Linnaeus), wingless female and winged male (bottom row).In 1838, English naturalist Philip Henry Gosse created a portfolio of watercolor miniatures for the insects of Alabama he observed while visiting the state. Gosse was one of the 19th Century's foremost naturalists. He called his portfolio Entomologia Alabamensis, which was never formally published and is now held by the British Library. This image from the portfolio was made from a color transparency purchased from the British Library in 1993.
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