Ian Beavis
@ianbeavis.bsky.social
Research Curator at the Amelia, Tunbridge Wells. Entomologist. Natural historian. Local historian. Ecology & heritage of Scilly & the Channel Islands
That's interesting. Thanks for sharing. The 1906 volume is mentioned in the preface to British Blood-sucking Flies which describes itself as a 2nd edition. But oddly some of the plates in the 1906 book don't appear in the later one. There's also a British Mosquitoes in matching format (1938)
November 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
That's interesting. Thanks for sharing. The 1906 volume is mentioned in the preface to British Blood-sucking Flies which describes itself as a 2nd edition. But oddly some of the plates in the 1906 book don't appear in the later one. There's also a British Mosquitoes in matching format (1938)
Imagine what a Victorian monograph on harvestmen or pseudoscorpions would have looked like!
November 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Imagine what a Victorian monograph on harvestmen or pseudoscorpions would have looked like!
Sadly artwork of that quality is rare in monographs nowadays. It's mostly line drawings or sometimes photographs of specimens.
November 14, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Sadly artwork of that quality is rare in monographs nowadays. It's mostly line drawings or sometimes photographs of specimens.
No, they're all tabanids (horsefly family)
November 14, 2025 at 12:17 AM
No, they're all tabanids (horsefly family)
Yes, definitely. One of the most blatant AI images I've seen.
November 12, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Yes, definitely. One of the most blatant AI images I've seen.
Bayes lived in my home town! I pass his house most days. I'm constantly amazed by the variety of different contexts in which his work is referenced.
November 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Bayes lived in my home town! I pass his house most days. I'm constantly amazed by the variety of different contexts in which his work is referenced.