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Despite its common name, the horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) is more closely related to arachnids than crustaceans. Explore their anatomy in "Descriptions of the Muscular and Endoskeletal Systems of Limulus" (1885), in #BHLib via @Cornell_Library: https://t.co/dTDTP9mtME

J.D.Hooker collected many rhododendrons during his plant collecting expedition in India & the Himalayas. These were illustrated in "The Rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya" via lithographs by W.H.Fitch after Hooker's sketches. In #BHLib via @mobotgarden: https://t.co/BZX3U92npn

Tasar Silkworm (Antheraea paphia). #SciArt by Richard Polydore Nodder for George Shaw, Naturalist's Miscellany (1789-1813), Vol. 16. Contributed to #BHLib by @bhl_au and @museumsvictoria: https://t.co/BRon0Ts52X

Orchidaceae is one of the two most speciose plant families, with approx. 28,000 species. Explore #orchids found in Germany with J. Sturm's "Flora von Deutschland", Bd. 4 (1905) by Ernst H.L. Krause. Recently added to #BHLib by @Kew_LAA: https://t.co/VGWmVAismC #plantsci

#BotanicMonday: #Asters (Callistephus chinensis). #SciArt by Pierre-Joseph Redouté for his Choix des Plus Belles Fleurs: et des Plus Beaux Fruits (c1833). Contributed for digitization by the Peter H. Raven Library of @mobotgarden: https://t.co/Dy0cBy0k6T -- #flowers #botany

German naturalist Nees von Esenbeck described ~7,000 species during his lifetime. His best-known books deal with #fungi. For #FungiFriday explore his "Das system der pilze und schwämme" (1816-17), in #BHLib via @IllinoisLibrary @illinoisbiolib: https://t.co/owFm84umgd

"Familiar Indian Flowers" (1878) contains 30 chromolithographic plates drawn by Lena Lowis, lithographed by D. Blair & printed by the lithographic firm of M. & N. Hanhart. Find it in #BHLib via @illinoisbiolib @IllinoisLibrary: https://t.co/a5GCc7ZeIA #SciArt #botany

"Illustrations of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of the Falkland Islands" (1921) features beautiful #SciArt by Elinor Frances Vallentin and descriptions by Enid Mary Cotton. Explore it in #BHLib via @FieldMuseum: https://t.co/wj5qHkAlBt #WomenInScience #botany #plantsci

Dru Drury's "Illustrations of Natural History" (1770-82) features over 240 #insects, many previously unknown to the western world. It is illustrated with 50 hand-colored engraved plates mostly by and after Moses Harris. In #BHLib via@Mann_Library: https://t.co/4SLjgJAPbr

Happy #Caturday! "The Cat" (1895) was one of earliest books to include information about #cat breeds & care along with anatomy. Find it in #BHLib via @librarycongress: https://t.co/gjxXqYUpol

Explore the History of #Cats in Society in our collection: https://t.co/axG5qeIxgL