Here we begin to organise existing sources of material that we can use for Extinct Insects.
# Photography - Nature through Microscope & Camera - Microscopic Delights
# Film - Cameraman’s Revenge - Coughs and Sneezes
# Hand-Drawn Insect Illustration Sources Classic, out-of-copyright illustration sets with high-res downloads for plates, vignettes, and design elements.
# General sources
- Biodiversity Heritage Library 
# Extinct Insect Example Content - Xerces blue specimen/drawer photos are on Commons (CC/PD as noted on each file page). - Saint Helena earwig has a museum specimen photo and a CC BY-SA restoration on Commons; Wikipedia page summarizes status and history. - Rocky Mountain locust public-domain plates/maps are on Commons. - Levuana has a Commons category (licenses vary) and a Wikipedia overview. * Ridley’s stick insect has a holotype photo on Commons; Species File page confirms status/context.[phasmida.speciesfile.org][7]) - Poko noctuid moth has a Commons category and a PD plate including the species; Wikipedia page outlines history. - Deloneura immaculata has a Commons category and species page. - Leptogryllus deceptor has a Wikipedia page; Commons has related imagery/maps.
### PD hand-drawn sources (verification) * Drury’s Illustrations of Natural History plates downloadable via BHL; multiple PD scans mirrored on Commons. ([biodiversitylibrary.org][14], [Wikimedia Commons][15])
* Harris’s The Aurelian accessible via BHL & Archive.org. ([biodiversitylibrary.org][16], [Internet Archive][17])
* Merian’s Metamorphosis PD review + Commons plates. ([The Public Domain Review][18], [Wikimedia Commons][19])
* Cramer & Stoll plates organized on Commons (incl. **Urania sloanus**). ([Wikimedia Commons][20]) * Scudder USGS monograph explicitly marked Public Domain on BHL. ([biodiversitylibrary.org][21]) * Drury’s Exotic Entomology plates at BHL. ([biodiversitylibrary.org][22])
[1]: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AGlaucopsyche_xerces.jpg?utm_source=chatgpt.com "File:Glaucopsyche xerces.jpg" [2]: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALabidura_herculeana.jpg?utm_source=chatgpt.com "File:Labidura herculeana.jpg" [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Helena_earwig?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Saint Helena earwig" [4]: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ARocky_Mountain_locust.jpg?utm_source=chatgpt.com "File:Rocky Mountain locust.jpg" [5]: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category%3ALevuana_iridescens?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Category:Levuana iridescens" [6]: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3APseudobactricia_ridleyi.jpg?utm_source=chatgpt.com "File:Pseudobactricia ridleyi.jpg" [7]: https://phasmida.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1202528&utm_source=chatgpt.com "species Pseudobactricia ridleyi (Kirby, 1904)" [8]: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category%3AAgrotis?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Category:Agrotis" [9]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poko_noctuid_moth?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Poko noctuid moth" [10]: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category%3ADeloneura_immaculata?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Category:Deloneura immaculata" [11]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deloneura_immaculata?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Deloneura immaculata" [12]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptogryllus_deceptor?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Leptogryllus deceptor" [13]: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AGryllidae_usda.png?utm_source=chatgpt.com "File:Gryllidae usda.png" [14]: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/65766?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Details - Illustrations of natural history. ..." [15]: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AIllustrations_of_natural_history_%28Vol._I%2C_Plate_XLIV%29_%289248474630%29.jpg?utm_source=chatgpt.com "File:Illustrations of natural history (Vol. I, Plate XLIV) ..." [16]: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/59010?utm_source=chatgpt.com "The Aurelian : a natural history of English moths and ..." [17]: https://archive.org/details/bp_3889069?utm_source=chatgpt.com "The Aurelian : a natural history of English moths and ..." [18]: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/merian-metamorphosis/?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Maria Sibylla Merian's *Metamorphosis Insectorum ..." [19]: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMaria_Merian_Metamorphosis_Insectorum_Surinamensium_MIA_P18717.jpg?utm_source=chatgpt.com "File:Maria Merian Metamorphosis Insectorum ..." [20]: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category%3ACramer_and_Stoll%3ADe_uitlandsche_kapellen?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Category:Cramer and Stoll:De uitlandsche kapellen" [21]: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/2507?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Details - The Tertiary insects of North America" [22]: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12426043?utm_source=chatgpt.com "v.1-3 (1837) [Plates] - Illustrations of exotic entomology"
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/manifesto-antropofago/ | Cannibal Modernity: Oswald de Andrade’s *Manifesto Antropófago* (1928) — The Public Domain Review https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/berg-and-hoeg/ | The “Private” Photographs of Bolette Berg and Marie Høeg (ca. 1895–1903) — The Public Domain Review https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/yellowstone-thermal-springs/ | Mudpots and Fumaroles: Lithographs of Yellowstone’s Thermal Springs (1883) — The Public Domain Review https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/michalina-janoszanka/ | Through a Glass Lushly: Michalina Janoszanka’s Reverse Paintings (ca. 1920s) — The Public Domain Review https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/cameramans-revenge/ | Bedded Bugs and Stung Beetles: *The Cameraman’s Revenge* (1912) — The Public Domain Review https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/crystal-palace-dinosaurs/ | George Baxter’s Print of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs (ca. 1854) — The Public Domain Review https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/principles-of-light-and-color/ | Edwin D. Babbitt’s *Principles of Light and Color* (1878) — The Public Domain Review https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/book-of-monsters/ | A Bug’s Life: David and Marian Fairchild’s *Book of Monsters* (1914) — The Public Domain Review https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/diagramming-sentences-in-the-19th-century/ | American Grammar: Diagraming Sentences in the 19th Century — The Public Domain Review https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/indian-sign-talk/ | *Indian Sign Talk* (1893) — The Public Domain Review https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/cranch-new-philosophy/ | C. P. Cranch’s Very Literal Illustrations of Emerson’s *Nature* (ca. 1837–39) — The Public Domain Review https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/manhattans-last-arcadia/ | Manhattan’s Last Arcadia: Estate Plans from the Index of American Design (1936) — The Public Domain Review https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/moseley-coffee/ | *A Treatise Concerning the Properties and Effects of Coffee* (1792) — The Public Domain Review https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/fechtbucher/ | Battles of the Sexes: Duels between Women and Men in 1400s *Fechtbücher* — The Public Domain Review https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/it-started-with-muybridge/ | *It Started with Muybridge* (1964) — The Public Domain Review https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/story-of-sun-moon-stars/ | Agnes Giberne’s *The Story of the Sun, Moon, and Stars* (1898) — The Public Domain Review https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/schmidt-diatoms/ | Adolf Schmidt’s *Atlas der Diatomaceenkunde* (1890) — The Public Domain Review https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/nature-through-microscope-and-camera-1909/ | Nature Through Microscope and Camera (1909) — The Public Domain Review https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/microscopic-delights/ | Martin Frobenius Ledermüller’s Microscopic Delights (1759–63) — The Public Domain Review https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/japanese-fireworks-catalogues/ | Flowers of Fire: Illustrations from Japanese Fireworks Catalogues (ca. 1880s) — The Public Domain Review https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/martian-canal-maps/ | Alien Aqueducts: The Maps of Martian Canals — The Public Domain Review https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/edward-quin-historical-atlas/ | Clouds of Unknowing: Edward Quin’s *Historical Atlas* (1830) — The Public Domain Review https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/illustrations-of-the-nervous-system-golgi-and-cajal/ | Early Illustrations of the Nervous System by Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ramón y Cajal — The Public Domain Review https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/sea-shanties/ | The Music of the Waters: A Collection of Sea Shanties (1888) — The Public Domain Review https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/william-hogarth-satire-on-false-perspective/ | William Hogarth’s Satire on False Perspective (1754) — The Public Domain Review https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/an-original-theory-or-new-hypothesis-of-the-universe/ | Thomas Wright’s An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe (1750) — The Public Domain Review https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/jacob-van-maerlant-der-naturen-bloeme/ | Der Naturen Bloeme: The Flower of Nature (ca. 1350) — The Public Domain Review https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/theatrum-chemicum/ | Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum (1652) — The Public Domain Review https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maria_Merian_Metamorphosis_Insectorum_Surinamensium_MIA_P18717.jpg | File:Maria Merian Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium MIA P18717.jpg - Wikimedia Commons