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It's #NationalMothWeek (7/22-7/26) and we're celebrating with some examples from Peter Maassen's "Beitrage zur Schmetterlingskunde" (1872). The amateur lepidopterist completed the book with friend & entomologist Gustav Weymer.

In @BioDivLibrary : https://t.co/SQJnkYRKkY

We're all a little crabby on Mondays🦀.

This coconut crab from "Voyage autour du monde, entrepris par ordre du roi" (1824) makes it a little better. Illustrated by Antoine-Germain Bevalet.

Find the volumes in @BioDivLibrary: https://t.co/c5R9DyRjed

🦋 + 🎨= 😍

We're gaga for the gorgeous specimens in "Histoire naturelle des lépidoptères exotiques" (1835). Written by P. H. Lucas w/ hand-colored illustrations by H. L. Pauquet.

Find it in Biodiversity Heritage Library: https://t.co/bZERScXUKj

#NationalPollinatorsWeek

💐Fresh picked for #FloralFriday - flowers from "Paxton's magazine of botany" from @BioDivLibrary 's Flickr stream.

Improve their discoverability by adding a species tag, or just collect your favorite blooms: https://t.co/6lj7dNICHj

🏵️ Happy #SummerSolstice. We're excited for all the beautiful things that come with the season, including plants. This Allneer Brothers' "Illustrated catalogue of everything for flower and vegetable garden" (1896) highlights lilies and gladiolas: https://t.co/9HCmq9vE8S

🌻Need flower garden inspo? Or just a pretty picture for #FloralFriday?

In the 1820s, Heinrich Link & Friedrich Otto documented selected plants in the Berlin Botanic Garden, giving us some gorgeous blooms.

Find the whole work in @BioDivLibrary: https://t.co/Fh3ScaN2hM

Dutch pharmacist Albertus Seba (1665–1736) devoted his life to collecting exotic plants and animals. His richly illustrated books document his cabinet of curiosities—a precursor of the modern museum. Explore his publications for #InternationalMuseumDay: https://t.co/zv3F9QVGrE

Not to spring this on anyone, but it's #NationalFrogJumpingDay! 🐸 Did you know that a frog can jump almost 44 times its body length? For size reference, here's an image of an array of these acrobatic amphibians!

More in @BioDivLibrary: https://t.co/3Zckv61iQT

Jacob Christian Schäffer's "Icones insectorvm circa Ratisbonam" contains 280 hand-colored copper engravings illustrating approximately 3,000 insects.

It's also the 1,000th book from our collection uploaded to @BioDivLibrary 's Flickr stream 🎉: https://t.co/MYRd52NDAX

This weekend, enjoy the floral wonders in "Lindenia", a five volume iconography of orchids in @BioDivLibrary : https://t.co/OiUvPdxCam . Learn more about "orchidelirium", a plant collecting craze in the 19th c. on the BHL blog: https://t.co/4SXf9Sqwv0