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A specimen of Myrmelean [myrmeleon], in spirit of wine, from Norfolk Virginia

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

May 4, 1808

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 30

Additional Source Text:

"Whose Case, or habitation is composed of small Stones cemented togeth[er], forming a tube of an Inch in length, and the thickness of quill."

Notes:

Myrmeleon is an ant-lion genus in the subfamily Myrmeleontinae.

James Woodhouse (1770-1809) was an American surgeon and chemist.

Specimen Type:

Dead/preserved

Current Scientific Name

Myrmeleon