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#SciArtFix American Bullfrog (American bullfrog) and Pink Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium acaule). #SciArt by Mark Catesby for his Natural History, Vol. 2, 3rd Ed. (1771). Contributed for digitization by University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill via Internet Archive (@internetarchive) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38993574 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #AmericanBullfrog #Bullfrog #Bullfrogs #Frogs #Amphibians #Herpetology #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #Biology #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #LibrariesofInstagram #Libraries

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#BHLDailySciArt: Hen-of-the-Woods Mushrooms (Grifola frondosa) are edible mushrooms that foragers look for in autumn. #SciArt from Paul Dumée, Nouvel Atlas de Poche des Champignons Comestibles et Vénéneux (1911-12). Contributed for digitization by the LuEsther T. Mertz Library of The New York Botanical Garden (@nybg) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3895007 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #HenoftheWoods #Mushrooms #Fungi #Mycology #Maitake #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #Biology #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #LibrariesofInstagram #Libraries #SciArtFix

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Nest of a Grey Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis). #SciArt by Virginia Smith Jones for Howard jones, Illustrations of the Nests and Eggs of Birds of Ohio, Vol. 1 (1886). Contributed for digitization by Smithsonian Libraries (@silibraries) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34907677 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #GreyCatbird #Catbird #Nest #Eggs #birds #Ornithology #BirdsNest #VirginiaSmithJones #WomeninBHLib #WomenInNaturalHistory #FemaleArtists #FemaleIllustrators #WomenInScience #WomeninNatHist #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #Biology #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #LibrariesofInstagram #Libraries #SciArtFix

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For this week's #FantasticBeastsintheLibrary challenge, we have the Gryphon, a mythological hybrid of an eagle and a lion. #SciArt from Historiae Naturalis de Quadrupedibus Libri (1657) by Joannes Jonstonus, which was contributed for digitization by @silibraries to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40917145 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #Griffin #Griffon #Gryphon #Mythology #AncientGreece #AncientRome #AncientEgypt #AncientIran #Persia #MythicalBeasts #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #Biology #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #LibrariesofInstagram #Libraries #SciArtFix

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#SciArtFix Swamp Arum (Lasimorpha senegalensis). Botanical #SciArt by #MatildaSmith, who was our featured artist for this week's #BHLSundayGarden. This illustration comes from Volume 124 (1898), which was edited by Joseph Dalton Hooker. Contributed for digitization by the Peter H. Raven Library at Missouri Botanical Garden (@mobotgarden) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/450568 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #SwampArum #Arum #WomeninBHLib #WomenInNaturalHistory #FemaleArtists #FemaleIllustrators #WomenInScience #WomeninNatHist #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #Biology #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #LibrariesofInstagram #Libraries #floriculture #flowers #flowersofinstagram #Botany #BotanicalArt

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#BHLDailySciArt: Orcas (Orcinus orca). June is #OrcaAwarenessMonth highlighting the challenges faced by resident Orcas along the northwest coast of North America. Orcas are toothed whales that have highly complex social structures and live in ecological niches across the globe. The Southern Resident Orcas that live off the coast Pacific Northwest were listed on the U.S. Endangered Species List in 2005. This illustration was done by Archibald Thorburn for his British Mammals, Vol. 2 (1920-21). Contributed for digitization by the Research Library of The Field Museum (@fieldmuseum) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48418795 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #Orca #Orcas #Whales #PacificOcean #SouthernResidentOrcas #OrcaAwareness #Endangered #MarineMammals #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #Biology #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #LibrariesofInstagram #Libraries #SciArtFix

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Bog Beacons

Bog Beacon (Mitrula paludosa), also known as Swamp Beacon. SciArt from Anna Maria Hussey, Illustrations of British Mycology, Ser. 1 (1847). Contributed for digitization by the LuEsther T. Mertz Library of @nybg.

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Brazilian Day-flying Moth (Urania brasiliensis). #SciArt from William Swainson's Zoological Illustrations, Vol. 3 (1832-33). Contributed for digitization by Smithsonian Libraries (@silibraries) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29156283 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #Brazil #DayFlyingMoth #Moths #insects #Entomology #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #Biology #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #LibrariesofInstagram #Libraries #SciArtFix