Little Miss Muffet

It is sometimes claimed - without evidence - that the original Miss Muffet was Patience, daughter of Dr Thomas Muffet (d.1604), an English physician and entomologist.

An illustration from 1900 by Kate Greenaway.

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German botanist and entomologist George Dionysius Ehret was born in 1708. He was also a dab hand at illustration, as can be seen in his work of the 1750s 'Plantae and rariores papiliones', a copy of which is housed at the RHS Lindley Library.

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A beautiful commission I got of my deer fursona, Tulip!
She is an entomologist & beekeeper by profession, & enjoys hobby farming & floristry! Tulip loves to make impromptu bouquets for her cute ace girlfriend, & she's particularly excited about this one!

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Insects of the park: Musée entomologique illustré : histoire naturelle iconographique des insectes : publiée par une réunion d'entomologistes français et étrangers, by A Depusiet et al.......1876-78, 3 vols, from BHL/Smithsonian Libraries........https://t.co/D40bOrPWda

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Today we’re admiring some wonderful fungi woodblock illustrations from the 1920-22 edition of 'Honzo Zufu' by Iwasaki Tsunemasa (1786-1842). As well as being a botanist, entomologist and zoologist, Tsunemasa was a samurai in the service of the Tokugawa shogunate.

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I was really happy to see entomologists again ! your improvement is very inspirational, thank you for your hard work !! 🦋💖

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For Day 12 here's Swynnerton Robin found in the forests of Tanzania, Mozambique & Zimbabwe and named after the entomologist Charles Swynnerton

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Entomologist Adolfo P. Mabilde lamented the lack of a published book on the insects of the Rio Grande. So he decided to publish one himself. Explore "Guia practica para os principiantes colleccionadores de Insectos" (1896) in via ➡️ https://t.co/bcoRRSRmlQ

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German entomologist Carl Gustav Calwer specialized in Coleoptera. His popular beetle book was produced as a useful handbook on the natural history of European beetles. Explore Calwer's "Käferbuch" (1883) in thanks to ➡️ https://t.co/GTqETF5ml2 🐞

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Inspired by her work with entomologists at as part of our 'Urgency' commissions, poet Fiona Benson will be running some very special free poetry workshops & this October. Places are limited! Find out more here https://t.co/UUtMVfMmc7

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Had an excellent day visiting to see the beautiful work of Robert Logan - a little known Scottish entomologist. Viewing his original paintings and other specimens has been so useful for my research. Thank you to wonderful for helping! 🦋🐛

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I really like ’s art! You go you funky little entomologist art person

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Today’s is The Entomologist! Bugs bugs bugs 🐞🐞🐞

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Things I HAVE forgotten to submit: Sketch pages I've been doing. Opened for gold commissions last week, here is page 1 of 3 for ! Entomologist goblin Ithikk. Next type of normal commission openings might be pages like this.

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i made...a habitician oc! she doesn't have a name yet but she's an entomologist and probably cries when people squish bugs

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