From 1910–60, German entomologist Dr. Herbert Weidner studied pest insects and their effects on human life. Considered the father of ‘urban ecology’, he collected specimens of these insects as well as the objects they damaged. This series of photographs depict his insect collection, now housed in the University of Hamburg, and divided into four cate- gories: ‘Insects that destroy Food’, ‘Insects that destroy Wood’, ‘Insects that Destroy our Materials’ and ‘Insects that causes harm to People’.
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The Bumble Bee
House Wood Borer
Oriental Cockroach, American Cockroach
The Cacao Moth
Harmful Butterflies on Apple Trees
National Wealth and Public Health
Cosmopolitan Species (bean weevil, pea weevil, red-legged ham beetle, merchant grain beetle, Australian spider beetle, rice weevil, drugstore beetle, red flour beetle, cabinet beetle, Mexican bean weevil)
The Clothes Moth
The birds of Athens
Animals That Threaten Us, Unsorted Tray 18
Stock Pests
The Destruction of Wood (common furniture beetle, fan-bearing wood-borer, deathwatch beetle, pine knot borer)
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