14
Dec
2010
Morpho polyphemus
Submitted by walwyn
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Morpho
Species: M. polyphemus.
Common name: White Morpho.
11
Sep
2009
Morris & Co.
Submitted by walwyn
Founded as Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Company in 1861 by the socialist artist and designer William Morris along with Ford Madox Brown, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Peter Paul Marshall, Philip Webb, Charles James Faulkner, and Edward Burne-Jones. The company initially concentrated on ecclesiastical decoration including stained glass, and architectural carving from premises in London’s Red Lion Square, but moved to Queens Square, Bloomsbury in 1865.
Brass monument to Moses Macham (d1712).
10
Apr
2009
An arbitary division in the order Lepidoptera, which everyone can recognize but few can categorize. The other division being the Butterflies.
3
Jun
2009
A family of flies commonly known as house flies or stable flies.
Above the Lavatorium at Gloucester Cathedral, these Hardman windows from 1868 depict a number musical angels.
26
Apr
2009
A very common European and North African genus of hoverfly.
26
Apr
2009
Myathropa florea
Submitted by walwyn
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Myathropa
Species: M. florea
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