Moynihan, Claire, Bug balls, 2015
- Title(s):
- Bug balls.
- Additional Title(s):
- Title on back of case: Bug ball collection
- Published/Created:
- England, 2015.
- Physical Description:
- 24 bug balls ; in display case 30 x 41 x 7 cm
- Holdings:
- Unable to reach service. Holdings currently not available
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/12669016
- Classification:
- Three-Dimensional Artifacts
- 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.
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). - Subject Terms:
- Entomology.Insects -- Collection and preservation.Insects -- Pictorial works.
- Form/Genre:
- Embroidery.
- Export:
- XML
- [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.
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