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Alpha
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3 branches of this group, most-observed first

Polybia bifasciata

speciesPolybia bifasciata

Polybia signata

speciesPolybia signata

Polybia quadricincta

speciesPolybia quadricincta

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Alpha in Orbis Sensualium Pictus (The Visible World in Pictures)

Orbis Sensualium Pictus (The Visible World in Pictures)

Jan Amos Comenius · 1685 · p.37

Alpha in The Coptic or Egyptian Forerunner

The Coptic or Egyptian Forerunner

Athanasius Kircher · 1636 · p.244

Alpha in On the Formed Fetus and the Valves of the Veins

On the Formed Fetus and the Valves of the Veins

Hieronymus Fabricius ab Aquapendente · 1604 · p.127

Alpha in Egyptian Oedipus, Volume 3

Egyptian Oedipus, Volume 3

Athanasius Kircher · 1654 · p.53

Alpha in Georg Eberhard Rumphius — D'Amboinsche rariteitkamer (1705)

Georg Eberhard Rumphius — D'Amboinsche rariteitkamer (1705)

Georg Eberhard Rumphius · 1705 · p.213

Alpha in Ornithology: The History of Birds

Ornithology: The History of Birds

Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.154

Alpha in Ornithology: The History of Birds

Ornithology: The History of Birds

Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.676

Alpha in Ornithologiae: de avibus historiae libri XII

Ornithologiae: de avibus historiae libri XII

Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.141

Alpha in Ornithology

Ornithology

Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.679

Alpha in Mundus Subterraneus

Mundus Subterraneus

Athanasius Kircher · 1678 · p.41

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