| Summary: | This image depicts several species: Antlions, adults (top row), Myrmeleon species (left), Brachynemurus species (right); Green lacewing, Abachrysa eureka (Banks) (second row, left); Spotted-winged antlion, Dendroleon obsoletum (Say) (second row, right); Velvet ant, Dasymutilla species (third row, left); Scorpionfly, Panorpa americana (Swederus) (third row, middle); Potter wasp, Eumenes species, with mud-pot nest (third row, right); Bee fly, unidentified species (fourth row, left); Mydas fly, Mydas clavatus (Drury) (fourth row, right); Florida predatory stink bug, Euthyrhunchus floridanus (Linnaeus) (bottom row, left); Kissing bug, Triatoma sanguisuga (LeConte) (bottom row, right).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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