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Insect Ornament, 7th century - Public domain museum image. A gold rabb...

Colombia Public domain photograph of Calima archaeological object, gold, Colombia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A group of clay sculptures on a wall. Barbecue cigales insect, animals...

A group of clay sculptures on a wall / A group of clay sculptures on a wall / Animals public domain photography.

Insect Ornament, 7th century - Public domain museum image. A gold pend...

Colombia Public domain photograph of Calima archaeological object, gold, Colombia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A pile of bamboo sticks stacked on top of each other. Nature bamboo te...

A pile of pipes and a spider web / A pile of bamboo sticks with a spider web - public domain insect photo.

A close up of a blue butterfly wing. Butterfly exotic south america.

Stock photo: Close up of a butterfly wing / A close up of a blue butterfly wing.

Public domain stock image. Tortoise beetle insect macro.

Insect Ornament, arts of africa oceania and the americas

Public domain photo of a golden object, Colombia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Insect Ornament, arts of africa oceania and the americas

Public domain photo of a golden object, Colombia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Double Insect Pendant - Public domain museum image. A close up of a pa...

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Incense Box with Autumn Grasses and Insect Cage

Public domain photograph of 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Frieze with Eleven Birds and an Insect

Public domain photo of Dutch art print, 16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Page of Calligraphy with Scribbled Bird and Insect?

Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Page of Calligraphy with Scribbled Bird and Insect?

Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Fries met tien vogels en een insect

Public domain photo of ornamental art print, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Joris Hoefnagel - Scorpionfly, Insect, Lizard, and Insect Larva

Public domain image related to botany, botanical artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A painting of a tulip with a dragonfly in the background, Europe, free...

A yellow tulip with a blue bug on it, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Negen vogels en een insect - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication

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Fries met elf vogels en een insect

Public domain photo of ornamental art print, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Fries met tien vogels en een insect

Public domain photo of ornamental art print, 16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Insect Catcher and Potted Herbs. Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public Domain Images - Insects - Drawing. Public domain image.

Picryl description: Public domain image of incest, natural history, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fries met tien vogels en een insect

Public domain scan of a decorated illuminated manuscript page, medieval, 13th-14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Fries met elf vogels en een insect

Public domain photo of ornamental art print, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

A moth, three butterflies and two beetles

Public domain scan of 17th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hottentotten die een insect vereren

Public domain scan of 18th century dutch print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A New Insect, Thomas Rowlandson. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London) Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors... More

scorpion from "The Conspiracy of Kings ... The second edition"

This image has been taken from scan 000031 from "The Conspiracy of Kings ... The second edition". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the British Library... More

Netsuke with Decoration of Insect

A japanese bronze and black lacquer button with a butterfly on the center, Japan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Netsuke with Decoration of Insect

A japanese bronze and black lacquer box with a dragon motif, Japan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

insect from "The British Miscellany: or, coloured figures of new, rare...

This image has been taken from scan 000255 from "The British Miscellany: or, coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects, etc. vol. I., vol. II". The title and subject terms of this image hav... More

insect from "The British Miscellany: or, coloured figures of new, rare...

This image has been taken from scan 000223 from "The British Miscellany: or, coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects, etc. vol. I., vol. II". The title and subject terms of this image hav... More

insect from "[An Authentic Narrative of the loss of the American Brig ...

This image has been taken from scan 000423 from "[An Authentic Narrative of the loss of the American Brig Commerce, wrecked on the Western Coast of Africa, in the month of August 1815. With an account of the su... More

Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (The Insect Book) (Ehon mushi erami...

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画本虫撰|Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (The Insect Book) (Ehon mushi ...

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Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (The Insect Book) (Ehon mushi erami...

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753?–1806) Edo period (1615–1868) Public domain photograph of Japanese woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Incense Box with Autumn Grasses and Insect Cage

Public domain photo of a golden object, Japan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Beautiful Scene of Head Work as viewed in Nassau by a gentleman and La...

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tafeu! Receipt to manufacture 1 cart load of Dodge Hayward's land dres...

Hayward, Dodge. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 232, Folder 13a.

Danse fantastique - Public domain illustration drawing

Public domain scan of drawing of insect, zoological illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain scan of drawing of animal, zoological illustration, free to use... More

Four drawings of insects. - Public domain book scan / drawing

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, drawings, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

[Microscopic view of an insect]

Alois Auer (Austrian, Wels 1813–1869 Vienna) The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites... More

Comfort for soldiers!! Knowles' American insect destroyer, for the des...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 205, Folder 65.

[Abduction of man by man in armor and of woman by insect to be united ...

Title devised by cataloger. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "A New Jersey Fairy Tale," Life magazine.

Candace Wheeler - Bees with Honeycomb

Candace Wheeler (American, Delhi, New York 1827–1923 New York)

Keats' seat from "Hampstead Hill: its structure, materials, and sculpt...

This image has been taken from scan 000008 from "Hampstead Hill: its structure, materials, and sculpturing ... With the Flora of Hampstead, by H. T. Wharton ... The Insect Fauna of Hampstead, by ... F. A. Walke... More

Jack Straw's Castle from "Hampstead Hill: its structure, materials, an...

This image has been taken from scan 000027 from "Hampstead Hill: its structure, materials, and sculpturing ... With the Flora of Hampstead, by H. T. Wharton ... The Insect Fauna of Hampstead, by ... F. A. Walke... More

Spaniard's Hotel from "Hampstead Hill: its structure, materials, and s...

This image has been taken from scan 000043 from "Hampstead Hill: its structure, materials, and sculpturing ... With the Flora of Hampstead, by H. T. Wharton ... The Insect Fauna of Hampstead, by ... F. A. Walke... More

Vale of Health from "Hampstead Hill: its structure, materials, and scu...

This image has been taken from scan 000055 from "Hampstead Hill: its structure, materials, and sculpturing ... With the Flora of Hampstead, by H. T. Wharton ... The Insect Fauna of Hampstead, by ... F. A. Walke... More

map from "Hampstead Hill: its structure, materials, and sculpturing .....

This image has been taken from scan 000021 from "Hampstead Hill: its structure, materials, and sculpturing ... With the Flora of Hampstead, by H. T. Wharton ... The Insect Fauna of Hampstead, by ... F. A. Walke... More

Insect Control - All States, National Forest Service photograph.

Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Ljusbild för laterna magica med motiv av kvarn vid vatten. Runt om, in...

Ljusbild för laterna magica med motiv av kvarn vid vatten. Runt om, insekter i rörelse.

Soldier Creek Gardening - Insect Control - Bureau of Indian Affairs

Public domain photograph related to native Americans, Reservations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Insect Control - All States, National Forest Service photograph.

Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Insect Control - All States, National Forest Service photograph.

Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Schutz der Bodenkultur - Kundmachung - Laibach - Mehrsprachiges Plakat

Besitzer von Obst- und Zierbäumen, Sträuchern, Gartenzäunen und Hauswänden sollen bis Mitte November diese von eingesponnenen Raupen, Insekteneiern und Puppen reinigen - Auch im Frühjahr sind diese zu reinigen ... More

Vernichtet Fliegen und Gelsen! - Neusatz - Mehrsprachiges Plakat

Fliegen und Gelsen als Überträger von Krankheiten - Vorkommen und Maßnahmen gegen die Entwicklung der Insekten - Physikat der k. Freistadt Ujvidék

Ausrottung der Maikäfer - Aufruf - Neusatz - Mehrsprachiges Plakat

In diesem Jahr besonders viele Maikäfer - Ausrottung ist gesetzlich vorgeschrieben - Belohnungen - Hinweise zur Vernichtung - Auch Ausrottung anderer Insekten vorgeschrieben und wird belohnt - Freistadt Ujvidék... More

Schutz der Bodenkultur - Kundmachung - Laibach - Mehrsprachiges Plakat

Besitzer von Obst- und Zierbäumen, Sträuchern, Gartenzäunen und Hauswänden sollen bis Mitte November diese von eingesponnenen Raupen, Insekteneiern und Puppen reinigen - Auch im Frühjahr sind diese zu reinigen ... More

Maßnahmen gegen die Weiterverbreitung von Cholera - Kundmachung - Czer...

Besonders Fliegen Überträger von Krankheiten - Daher Maßnahmen zur Vertilgung treffen - Fliegenpapier, Fliegenleim, Insektenpulver, Fliegengitter, Fliegenglocken - Errichtung von Kehrichtsammelkisten und Dünger... More

National parks: Cicada - public domain image

The periodic cicadas spend most of their lives as underground nymphs, emerging only after 13 or 17 years to sing their love song. They have an exceptionally loud song, produced not by stridulation, but by vibra... More

Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillar - National Parks Gallery

Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillar Public domain photograph related to US National Parks, Nature, conservation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Orange-patched Smoky Moth - Public Domain image, National Parks Galler...

Orange-patched Smoky Moth Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Catoctin Mountain Park - Walking Stick

Walking Stick Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Net-winged Beetle - National Parks Gallery

This net-winged beetle, Calopteron sp., is on a milkweed leaf underneath some aphids feeding on honeydew that the aphids are producing. Honeydew is a sugar-rich liquid aphids and some scale insects secrete as ... More

Catoctin Mountain Park - Cabbage Butterfly

Cabbage Butterfly feeding on milkweed. Public domain scan of print / book page depicting birds, ornithology, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cicada after emerging from nymph skin

Cicada after emerging from nymph skin.

Catoctin Mountain Park - Katydid Nymph

Katydid Nymph - Scudderia Public domain photograph related to US National Parks, Nature, conservation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

National parks: Earwig - public domain image

Earwig Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hickory Tussock Moth Caterpillar

The Hickory Tussock Moth caterpillar, Lophocampa caryae, has hairs that can cause itchy rashes on your skin and if the microscopic barbed hairs are transferred to your eyes there can be serious medical complica... More

Abraupung der Bäume - Kundmachung - Czernowitz

Besitzern und Pächtern von Gärten und Grundstücken sind verpflichtet ihre Obst- und Zierbäume, Gesträuche, Hecken, hölzernen Gartenzäune, sowie Hauswände in den Gärten und Weingärten, auf den Feldern und Wiesen... More

National parks: Handstand - public domain image

A darkling beetle does it's "handstand," a defense against predators, as it releases a smelly chemical.

Catoctin Mountain Park - Zebra Swallowtail

Zebra Swallowtail Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Giant Leopard Moth and Caterpillar

Giant Leopard Moth and Caterpillar. The Giant Leopard Moth, Hypercompe scribonia, has a wingspan of up to 3.5”.

Milkweed Tussock Moth Caterpillars

Milkweed Tussock Moth Caterpillars, Euchaetes egle, have chemical defenses that they acquire from the milkweed that deters predators, so it has good odds of achieving its full development as a moth. These cater... More

American Carrion Beetle - National Parks Gallery

American Carrion Beetles have a diet of dead animals, fly larvae and fungi.

Spotted Apatelodes Moth Larva, Apatelodes torrefacta

Spotted Apatelodes Moth Larva, Apatelodes torrefacta.

Blue Dasher Dragonfly - National Parks Gallery

Blue dasher dragonflies are common at the Coldwater Spring reservoir in mid-summer.

National parks: Mantis - public domain image

A frequent spring visitor, the praying mantis is often found in front of the park visitor center.

Palo Alto battlefield national historical park - Huddled masses

A mass of honey bees huddles together on a mesquite branch

Red Admiral, dorsal and ventral view

Red Admiral, dorsal and ventral view. Red Admirals, Vanessa atalanta, can migrate seasonally to southern states for the winter and some can hibernate in the area. They hibernate on tree trunks and branches and ... More

Elm Sawfly Larvae - National Parks Gallery

Elm Sawfly Larvae Public domain photograph related to US National Parks, Nature, conservation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Golden-Backed Snipe Fly - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Golden-backed Snipe Flies, Chrysopilus thoracicus, are predators who feed on aphids and other insects. Their striking markings are thought to be a mimicry of bees and wasps, so predators will leave them alone. ... More

Catoctin Mountain Park - Zebra Swallowtail

Zebra Swallowtail Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Polypore Fungus Beetle, Penthe obliquata

Polypore Fungus Beetle, Penthe obliquata. The yellow-orange spot, called a scutellum, is a collection of brightly colored hairs.

Inchworm (Geometer Moth Caterpillar)

Inchworms (Geometer Moth Caterpillars) are in the family Geometridae.

Little Wood Satyr - National Parks Gallery

The Little Wood Satyr, Megisto cymela, lays its eggs on blades of grass.

Catoctin Mountain Park - Tree Cricket

Tree Cricket, Oecanthus sp. Public domain photograph related to US National Parks, Nature, conservation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Woolly Bear, Isabella Tiger Moth Caterpillar

Woolly Bear, Isabella Tiger Moth (Pyrrharctia isabella) Caterpillar Public domain photograph related to US National Parks, Nature, conservation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Catoctin Mountain Park - Monarch Caterpillar

Monarch caterpillar feeding on milkweeds. The caterpillars eat a lot so they can gain fat supplies that support them during the pupa (chrysalis) stage that lasts 9-14 days. The fourth generation of monarch but... More

Tarantula Hawk - free images of spiders

The tarantula hawk is a wasp that hunts the tarantula spider when it is egg laying time. Females are hesitant to sting people, but the sting is said to be extraordinarily painful to humans. The insect sips nec... More

Catoctin Mountain Park - Japanese Beetles

Japanese Beetles Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Grapevine Epimenis Moth - National Parks Gallery

The larvae of the Grapevine Epimenis Moth, Psychomorpha epimenis, feed on the leaves of grape, Vitis (Vitaceae).

Crowned Slug Moth Caterpillar, Isa textula

The tiny (only ~0.5”) Crowned Slug Moth Caterpillar, Isa textula, has stinging spines on the edge of its body and stinging “hairs” down its back.

Great Spangled Fritillary - National Parks Gallery

Great Spangled Fritillary Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth - Public Domain image, National Parks Gal...

Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth, Lycomorpha pholus. Its larvae feed on lichens, while the adults like dogbane and goldenrod.

Red-spotted Purple - National Parks Gallery

The Red-spotted Purple butterfly, Limenitis arthemis, has an impressive wingspan up to 4". Its coloration mimics the poisonous Pipevine Swallowtail, which accumulates toxic alkaloids from their hostplants.

National parks: Dobsonfly - public domain image

Dobsonfly Public domain photograph related to US National Parks, Nature, conservation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Widow Skimmer Dragonfly, female

Widow Skimmer Dragonfly, female Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Firefly/Lightning Bug - National Parks Gallery

Firefly/Lightning Bug Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Female Promethea Moth - National Parks Gallery

Female Promethea Moth Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description