Vintage Print Entomology Illustration, Wasps Feeding their Larvae, 1953, Insects at CarambasVintage http://etsy.me/YlGKtK

Vintage Print Entomology Illustration, Wasps Feeding their Larvae, 1953, Insects at CarambasVintage http://etsy.me/YlGKtK

Harmful insects, 1923

Harmful insects, 1923

Front cover (fontispiece) of volume 6 (Insects) of Alfred Brehm’s “Life of Animals”, Spanish version, 1883.  At carambas.

Front cover (fontispiece) of volume 6 (Insects) of Alfred Brehm’s “Life of Animals”, Spanish version, 1883.  At carambas.

Dragonflies and damselflies.

Dragonflies and damselflies.

American Wasps  (Zethus and Eumenes),  from the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collection, no. 255, 1875

American Wasps  (Zethus and Eumenes),  from the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collection, no. 255, 1875

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Terrific vintage chromolithographs! Find them at carambas, on Etsy.


Wasps sacrificing their larvae.  Illustration by Theo Carreras, 1953.  When wasps realize that they don’t have enough food to feed their larvae they sacrifice them.

Wasps sacrificing their larvae.  Illustration by Theo Carreras, 1953.  When wasps realize that they don’t have enough food to feed their larvae they sacrifice them.