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Bug balls
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Title
Bug balls.
Production
England, 2015.
Physical Description
24 bug balls ; in display case 30 x 41 x 7 cm
Notes
"Bug ball collection, 2015. Bespoke hand embroidery, 100% wool from the finest Morden Hall Alpacas. Claire Moynihan, [artist's signature], Made in England, ©Claire Moynihan Bug Balls, 2010."--Printed label on underside of the case.
The balls are pinned within a case made by Watkins & Doncaster, the wooden exterior with stained in mahogany. The case includes a lift-off glazed lid, with brass catches and a wall hanging brass plate.
Title (Bug balls) from hand written label on front of case.
Summary
Collection of 24 hand-embroidered alpaca wool "bug balls" in a glass-fronted display case, by Claire Moynihan. Each specimen consists of an embroidered multi-colored insect atop a felt ball of varying neutral colors. The balls are neatly arranged within the case, in the manner of entomological collections, in four rows of six. Small hand-written labels provide the common name and Latin name of each insect. A unique copy (in this assemblage).
Variant and related titles
Title on back of case: Bug ball collection
Format
Other
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 15, 2016
Contents
[Row 1] Asparagus beetle, Crioceris asparagi
Honey bee, Apis mellifera
Colorado beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata
Brown lipped banded snail, Cepaea nemoralis
Mint leaf beetle, Cryptocephalus hypochaeridis
Pale clouded yellow caterpillar, Colias hyale
[Row 2] Common wasp, Vespula vulgaris
Greenhouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum
Firebug, Pyrrhocoris apterus
Greenbottle, Lucilia caesar
True bed-bug, Cimex lectularius
Bumble bee, Bombus lucorum
[Row 3] Rose chafer, Cetonia aurata
Lily beetle, Lilioceris lilii
Black ant, Lasius niger
Striped millipede, Ommatoiulus sabulosus
Magpie moth, Abraxus grossulariatus
Common furniture beetle, Anobium punctatum
[Row 4] Oak weevil, Curculio venosus
Green lacewing, Chrysoperla carnea
Banded demoiselle, Calopteryx splendens
Frit-fly, Oscinella frit
Swallowtail caterpillar, Papilio machaon
Lousy watchman, Geotrupes stercorarius.
Genre/Form
Embroidery.
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