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Urban Neighbors Resources:
Checklist

Historical Neighbors
Street and Backyard Neighbors
Park and Green Places Neighbors
Shore and Wetlands Neighbors
Salt and Freshwater Neighbors
Tiny Neighbors
Unwelcome Neighbors
Occasional and Unexpected Neighbors

Below is a list of items on display in the exhibition Urban Neighbors: Images of New York City Wildlife (October 11, 2002 - Febuary 1, 2003). The separate pages of the checklist correspond to the different sections into which the exhibition was organized.


Tiny Neighbors

Butterflies and moths, and other insects and small invertebrates.

Insects and Spiders
Insects & Spiders
Offset reproduction of illustrations by Steven Buchanan; designer: Carl Herrman
Pane of 20 commemorative postage stamps, issued by United States Postal Service, 1999
Private Collection

Caterpillars of: Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax), Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa), Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma), Question Mark (P. interrogationis)
Reproductions of color photographs by David L. Wagner or Valerie Giles. Comma photograph by Denise Simmonds
In: D. L. Wagner, V. Giles, Richard C. Reardon, and Michael L. McManus, Caterpillars of Eastern Forests (Morgantown, W.Va.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team, 1997)
NYPL, General Research Division, Gift of Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team

Butterflies, including: Melissa Blue ssp. (Lycaedes melissa pseudosamuelis), Aphrodite Fritillary (Speyeria aphrodite), Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele), Regal Fritillary (Speyeria idalia)
Pen-and-ink drawings with color by Vladimir Nabokov, and 4 index cards; 3 with cutout illustrations, and annotations by V.N., and 1 index card verso with notes by V.N.
NYPL, Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, Vladimir Nabokov Archive

Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme)
Hand-colored lithograph after Mary Peart
From: William Henry Edwards, Butterflies of North America. Vol. 2 of 3 (Philadelphia, 1888–97)
NYPL, General Research Division

1. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus), 2. & 3. Black Swallowtail (P. polyxenes), 4. & 5. Spicebush Swallowtail (P. troilus)
Chromolithograph after J. Henry Blake (1, 2, 5) and L. Trouvelot (3 & 4)
In: Samuel Hubbard Scudder, The Butterflies of the Eastern United States and Canada…. Vol. 3 of 3 (Cambridge, 1889)
NYPL, General Research Division


Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)
Hand-colored engraving with etching after Titian Ramsey Peale
In: Thomas Say, American Entomology, or descriptions of the insects of North America Vol. 3 of 3 [Swallowtail] (Philadelphia, 1824–28)
NYPL, Rare Books Division

Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia)
Nature-printing and hand-colored engraving by Sherman Foote Denton
In: S. F. Denton, As Nature Shows Them: Moths and Butterflies of the United States…. Vol. 2 of 4 (Boston: Bradlee Whidden, 1900)
NYPL, General Research Division

Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
Nature-printing and hand-colored engraving by Sherman Foote Denton
In: S. F. Denton, As Nature Shows Them: Moths and Butterflies of the United States…. Vol. 2 of 2 (Boston: J. B. Millet Co., [1900])
NYPL, Rare Books Division

Polyphemus Moth (Antheraea polyphemus) (figs. A & B); Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma) (figs. E & F)
Hand-colored engraving after painting by Gerrit Wartenaar Lambertz
In: Pieter Cramer and Caspar Stoll, Die uitlandsche Kapellen Voorkomende … (Papillons exotiques …). Vol. 1 of 4 (Amsterdam; Utrecht, 1779–82)
NYPL, Rare Books Division

Luna Moth (Actias luna)
Color reproduction of 1981 painting by John Cody
In: J. Cody, Wings of Paradise: The Great Saturniid Moths (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1996)
NYPL, General Research Division

Caterpillars of: Luna Moth (Actias luna) and Sphinx Moth (family Sphingidae)
Colored reproduction of illustration by Abbott H. Thayer
In: Gerald H. Thayer, Concealing-coloration in the Animal Kingdom: An Exposition of the Laws of Disguise through Color and Pattern…. New ed. (New York: Macmillan Co., 1918)
NYPL, General Research Division


Ailanthus Silkmoth (Samia cynthia)
Nature-printing and hand-colored engraving by Sherman Foote Denton
From: S. F. Denton, As Nature Shows Them: Moths and Butterflies of the United States…. Vol. 1 of 4 (Boston: Bradlee Whidden, 1900)
NYPL, General Research Division

Polyphemus Moth (Antheraea polyphemus)
Nature-printing and hand-colored engraving by Sherman Foote Denton
In: S. F. Denton, As Nature Shows Them: Moths and Butterflies of the United States…. Vol. 1 of 2 (Boston: J. B. Millet Co., [1900])
NYPL, Rare Books Division

Female Promethea Silkmoth (Callosamia promethea) (Left-hand plate, figs. 1 & 2)
Hand-colored engraving by Dru Drury from his drawing
In: D. Drury, Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, containing upwards of six hundred and fifty figures…. 2nd ed. Vol. 2 of 3 (London, 1837)
NYPL, General Research Division


Cecropia Silkmoth (Hyalophora cecropia)
Hand-colored etching, possibly after John Obadiah Wedgewood
In: James Duncan, Exotic Moths. The Naturalist’s Library. Vol. 37. Entomology; 7 (Edinburgh, 1843)
NYPL, General Research Division

Virgin Tiger Moth (Grammia virgo)
Hand-colored engraving by John Abbot
In: James Edward Smith, The Natural History of the Rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia…. Vol. 2 of 2 (London, 1797)
NYPL, Rare Books Division

Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)
Reproduction of color photograph
In: Sidney W. Dunkle, Dragonflies Through Binoculars: A Field Guide to Dragonflies of North America (New York: Oxford University Press, 2000)
NYPL, General Research Division


Damselflies (Chromagrion conditum [figs. 13] and Argia fumipennis violacea [figs. 4 & 5])
Color reproduction of illustration by L. H. Joutel
In: James G. Needham, et al., Aquatic Insects in New York State: A Study Conducted at the Entomological Field Station, Ithaca, N.Y. ... New York State Museum Bulletin, no. 68 (Albany: University of the State of New York, 1903)
NYPL, General Research Division

Mayflies (Ephemera varia Eaton, 1883) (figs. 1–4) and Siphlonurus alternatus Say, 1824)
Chromolithograph after L. H. Joutel
In: James G. Needham and Cornelius Betten, Aquatic Insects in the Adirondacks. New York State Museum Bulletin, no. 47 (Albany: University of the State of New York, 1901)
NYPL, General Research Division

Green Lacewing (Chrysoperla majuscule) and Camel Cricket (Ceuthophilus pallidus)
Reproduction of color photographs by Robin K. Laughlin
In: R. K. Laughlin, Backyard Bugs (San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1996)
NYPL, General Research Division

Praying Mantis (Mantis religiosa)
Reproduction of color illustration by Leonard Baskin
In: L. Baskin, Miniature Natural History. First series. Vol. 2 (Insects) of 4 (New York: Pantheon Books, 1983)
NYPL, Rare Books Division

Seven-spotted Ladybird Beetle (Coccinella septempunctata)
Color reproduction of painting by Bernard Durin
In: B. Durin, Insects etc.: An Anthology of Arthropods featuring a Bounty of Beetles (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1981). Translation by George Zappler of Käfer und andere Kerbtierre.
NYPL, General Research Division

Ichneumon Wasp (Megarrhysa lunator)
Female Ichneumon Wasp
Photograph by Michael J. Feller, 1996
Courtesy of Michael J. Feller

Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Honey Bee on Milkweed
Reproduction of color photograph by Larry West
In: Magnificent Moments: The World’s Greatest Wildlife Photographs. Edited by George H. Harrison (Minocqua, Wisc.: Willow Creek Press, 1995)
NYPL, General Research Division

Bee (generic)
Cover for The New Yorker, May 22, 1989; illustration by D. Reilly
NYPL, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New Yorker Covers Collection, Gift of E. J. Kahn, Jr.


Common Earthworm (Lumbricus variegates)
Lithograph after James Samuelson
In: J. Samuelson, Humble Creatures; Part I. The Earthworm, and the Common Housefly. 2nd ed. (London, 1860)
NYPL, General Research Division

 


 


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