- Creator:
- Moynihan, Claire
- Title:
- Bug balls.
- Alternate 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
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- 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.
- 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.
- Exhibition History:
- A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
- Subject Terms:
- Insects -- Pictorial works. | Insects -- Collection and preservation. | Entomology.
- Form/Genre:
- Embroidery.