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
