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Isidore of Seville's Etymologiae (The Etymologies, c. 600 –625) quotes from Pliny 45 times in Book XII alone; [94] Books XII, XIII and XIV are all based largely on the Natural History. [ 95 ] [ 96 ] Through Isidore, Vincent of Beauvais 's Speculum Maius ( The Great Mirror , c. 1235–1264) also used Pliny as a source for his own work.
Scales play an important part in the natural history of Lepidoptera. Scales enable the development of vivid or indistinct patterns which help the organism protect itself by camouflage, mimicry, and warning. Besides providing insulation, dark patterns on wings allow sunlight to be absorbed and are probably involved in thermoregulation.
Plate from Henry Walter Bates's 1862 paper Contributions to an insect fauna of the Amazon Valley: Heliconiidae. Entomology, the scientific study of insects and closely related terrestrial arthropods, has been impelled by the necessity of societies to protect themselves from insect-borne diseases, crop losses to pest insects, and insect-related discomfort, as well as by people's natural curiosity.
The common denominator among most deposits of fossil insects and terrestrial plants is the lake environment. Those insects that became preserved were either living in the fossil lake (autochthonous) or carried into it from surrounding habitats by winds, stream currents, or their own flight (allochthonous).
The natural Roman philosopher Pliny the Elder (23–79 CE) wrote a book on the kinds of insects, [4] while the scientist of Kufa, Ibn al-A'rābī (760–845 CE) wrote a book on flies, Kitāb al-Dabāb (كتاب الذباب). However scientific study in the modern sense began only relatively recently, in the 16th century. [5]
John Curtis' insect collection is divided between the National Museum of Ireland – Natural History (via Trinity College Dublin, 7,656 specimens purchased by Thomas Coulter) [citation needed] and Museums Victoria [1] in Melbourne, Australia, which purchased the John Curtis Collection of British and Foreign Insects—comprising 38,031 specimens ...
Insect evolutionary biology and classification: Spouse: Kellie Kristen Magill (m. 2009) [1] Parent(s) Alger Gayle Engel, Donna Gail Engel (née Pratt) [2] Awards: Guggenheim Fellow (2006) Charles Schuchert Award (2008) Bicentenary Medal (2009) Nautilus Book Award (2019) Scientific career: Institutions: American Museum of Natural History (1998 ...
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