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#Beetles are part of the taxonomic order #Coleoptera, which means "sheathed wing." #SciArt by Robert Morgan from "The Coleoptera of the British Islands", Vol. 3 (1889) by William W. Fowler. Contributed in #BHLib by @mayrlibrary of the @MCZHarvard ➡️ https://t.co/bLWSNYbBm3 🐞

The first illustrated book published in Australia was about birds! John Lewin's "The Birds of New South Wales" (1813) was republished in a 3rd and 4th edition, which are in #BHLib thanks to @museumsvictoria @bhl_au ➡️ https://t.co/eIWhc87vzS #Feathursday

Members of the genus Erica are known by the common names of heath and heather. "Coloured Engravings of Heaths" (1794-1830), by Henry Charles Andrews, was produced amidst England's "Erica-mania". Explore the 4 volumes in #BHLib via @NYBG @mobotgarden ➡️ https://t.co/PbKl8t2WKh

Three generations of Sowerbys contributed to "Thesaurus conchyliorum" (1847-87), one of the rarest of all conchology books. It includes over 500 hand-colored engraved or lithographed plates. Find it in #BHLib via @SILibraries ➡️ https://t.co/0j9WH3CQff #MolluskMonday 🐚

Ahhh, the not-so-sweet smell of #Halloween! Carrion flowers (Stapelia hirsuta) emit an odor like rotting flesh to attract flies and beetles, their main pollinators. #SciArt by Peter Henderson for Robert Thorton's "Temple of Flora" (1807) via @mobotgarden: https://t.co/suOq7dLqSz

Celebrate #Halloween with some ancient bones! "Die Säugetiere des Schweizerischen Eocaens" (1904-12), a classic work in mammalian evolution & part of the @SILibraries Unearthed collection, features #SciArt of Eocene mammals' teeth & bones. Learn more ➡️ https://t.co/tnRJJW0TrT

Carving a pumpkin this Halloween? #DYK that the pumpkin is a cultivar of a squash plant, most commonly of Cucurbita pepo? #SciArt from "Icones Plantarum Medico-Oeconomico-Technologicarum" (1800-22), in #BHLib via @mobotgarden ➡️ https://t.co/7Vpi1cAzRs #Halloween 🎃

Thanks to @museumsvictoria @bhl_au, we now have a color copy of Krefft's "Snakes of Australia" (1869) in #BHLib! The #SciArt is by Harriet Scott Morgan and Helena Scott Forde, who illustrated many works on Australian biodiversity. https://t.co/ztc8DRMS2r #HerNaturalHistory

J.D. Hooker's "Flora Antarctica", with #SciArt by Walter H. Fitch, describes specimens from the Ross expedition (1839–1843), which visited islands off the Antarctic continent's coast. Find it in #BHLib via @HarvardLibrary @MBLWHOILibrary @mobotgarden ➡️ https://t.co/p9fj9kTDZ3

Margaret Lace Roscoe hoped her "Floral Illustrations of the Seasons" (1831) would be a useful guide for other women "both in their selection for a flower garden, and as objects for their pencil." Explore the work in #BHLib via @NYBG ➡️ https://t.co/DJWFnSFCGY #HerNaturalHistory