Wood Dicranorrhina Derbyana

Green and cream beetle lifts smoky wings like a tiny cape.

This dicranorrhina derbyana is contemporary. It is wood & glass. Some of the earliest insect collections appeared around the 17th century in European curiosity cabinets, displayed beside exotic plants and prehistoric fossils, which were forerunners of modern day institutions. Beetle with a pale cream head and a green and gold patterned back, forelegs lifted and dark iridescent wings spread out wide on both sides. A soft grey backdrop sits behind it inside a dark frame. It is 5.75 inches wide, 1.75 deep and 4.25 high.

Dressed for a ball that no one else was invited to.