Bugs, Insects, & Creepy Crawlies

Broad-winged Damselfly (Calopteryx cornelia), printed by photogravure, and issued by Japan on March 12, 1987, Scott No. 1699.

- nethryk

Here is an image of a stamp depicting a hermit beetle or Russian leather beetle (Osmoderma eremita), designed by Swedish artist Ingalill Axelsson, engraved by Lars Sjööblom, and issued by Sweden on March 10, 1987, Scott No. 1625, Facit No. 1442.

- nethryk

Here are images of the three bug stamps in a set, printed by photogravure, and issued for use in Fernando Po(o) on June 1, 1965 to benefit children's welfare funds.

- nethryk

Plectrocnemia cruciata, Scott Nos. 231 & 233.


Metopodontus savagei, Scott No. 232.

Beneficial insects from Canada! :)

Do you know the name of this beetle? (1984)



It lives in caves in Slovenia and Croatia. The first specimen was found in 1932 and in 1937 it got name Anophthalmus hitleri by a man devoted to German leader Hitler. According to the rules the name cannot be changed?!

WOW! Now THAT is an interesting trivia fact!

Just posted this in the fungi thread, and noticed a creepy crawly!

Cicada (Euterpnosia chibensis), printed by combined engraved and photogravure, and issued by Japan on August 15, 1977, Scott No. 1295, plus a photo of a member of this winged insect species.

- nethryk

Ladybug, designed by Arild Yttri, printed by lithography, and issued by Norway on January 2, 1997, Scott No. 1147, Facit No. 1285.

- nethryk

Insects - Sweden



The ant, the bumble-bee and the ladybug are very useful in nature.
The bumble-bee pollinates almost all raspberry and blueberry bushes.
The ant clears away harmful insects and the ladybug, which actually is a small beetle, is sometimes used to control aphids.
It is said that you get to make a wish when a ladybug flies away from your index finger.

European hoverfly, aka dronefly (Eristalis tenax) on common dandelions (Taraxacum officinale), designed by Daniel Abraham, printed by lithography, and issued by Saint Pierre & Miquelon on March 9, 1994, Scott No. 599. Note the misspelling of the insect species genus name as "Cristalis" on this stamp!

- nethryk

Here are images of the four engraved stamps (including one airmail) in a set depicting indigenous beetles of Laos, designed by Laotian artist Ky Phung Chaleun, and issued by Laos on October 23, 1974, Scott Nos. 253-55 and C119.

- nethryk

Diastocera wallichi tonkinensis, engraved by Jacky Larrivière.


Macrochenus isabellinus, engraved by Jacky Larrivière.


Purpuricenus malaccensis, engraved by Guedron.


Sternocera multipunctata, engraved by Claude Jumelet.

Here is an image of a stamp depicting a Purpuricenus lituratus beetle, designed by Kim Sung-Am, printed by photogravure, and issued by (South) Korea on June 10, 2000, Scott No. 1987, plus a photo of a female of this species.

- nethryk

Eugène Jamot (1879-1937) was a French physician who discovered that the tsetse fly was the vector of the trypanosomes causing Sleeping Sickness, a debilitating parasitic disease found in some regions of sub-Saharan Africa. Here is an image of an airmail stamp featuring a portrait of Dr. Jamot and depicting a tsetse fly, designed by Prudent, engraved by Georges Bétemps, and issued by Gabon on November 23, 1979 to commemorate the physician's birth centenary, Scott No. C226, plus a photo of Eugène Jamot and a close-up photo of a tsetse fly.

- nethryk