Scientific Illustration

Syneucolia magnifica by American Museum of Natural History on Flickr.

‘David Grimaldi, curator in the Division of Invertebrate Zoology and a skilled illustrator whose drawings accompany his publications, favors pen and ink on drafting acetate to achieve the clean lines seen in this image of Syneucolia magnifica, a tiny parasitic wasp found in 90-million-year-old amber from New Jersey. It was illustrated as part of a major study with colleagues on the evolution of gall wasps and their relatives.’