Antlion jaws
Date
1764
Creator
Adam Wolfgang Winterschmidt (1733 - 1796, German) , Engraver
After
Martin Frobene Ledermuller (1719 - 1769, German) , Naturalist
Object type
Library reference
48660
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 245mm
width (print): 195mm
width (print): 195mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Study of the serrated jaws (maxillae and mandibles) of the Antlion, viewed by microscope, under magnification. With four surrounding figures showing the jaws at natural size, and also stages of the insect’s life-cycle from larva to winged insect, and its method of trapping prey within a sand-pit.
Plate 45 from Amusement microscopique, tant pour l'esprit que pour les yeux, contenant... estampes... d'apres nature...by Martin Frobene Ledermuller, plates volume (Adam Wolfgang Winterschmidt, Nuremburg, 1764).
Inscribed above: ‘TAB.XLV.’ Inscribed below ‘M.F.L. del. A.W.W. exc.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Table XLV. Les Machoires en Forme de Pinces du Foumi-Lion’ [The antlion’s claw-shaped jaws].
Martin Frobene [Frobenius] Ledermuller (1719-1769) German naturalist was employed in various capacities as a notary, turning to microscope studies after an illness induced temporary deafness.
Plate 45 from Amusement microscopique, tant pour l'esprit que pour les yeux, contenant... estampes... d'apres nature...by Martin Frobene Ledermuller, plates volume (Adam Wolfgang Winterschmidt, Nuremburg, 1764).
Inscribed above: ‘TAB.XLV.’ Inscribed below ‘M.F.L. del. A.W.W. exc.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Table XLV. Les Machoires en Forme de Pinces du Foumi-Lion’ [The antlion’s claw-shaped jaws].
Martin Frobene [Frobenius] Ledermuller (1719-1769) German naturalist was employed in various capacities as a notary, turning to microscope studies after an illness induced temporary deafness.
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