Dragonflies, Butterflies, Bees & More
We all love seeing colorful dragonflies and butterflies, ladybugs and the like, dancing and floating around us in warm summer months.
23994 - Gold Blue Topaz Citrine Diamond Butterfly Pin
Dragonflies are a sure sign of summer. Whether delicately perched on a plant, hovering over a pond or zipping around at speeds up to 35 mph. Dragonflies are often seen near bodies of freshwater, where they are born and live for up to three years, hunting aquatic insects, mosquito larvae, or small fish.
23945 - Victorian Gold Silver Dia Diamond GIA Natural Pearl Demantoid French Dragonfly Pin
They undergo as many as 15 changes before emerging as fully formed adult dragonflies, a process that takes about 12 hours. Adults live only about a month, hunting flies, mosquitos, and looking for opportunities to mate.
23609 - Circa 1950 Gold GIA Jadeite Star Sapphire Ruby Sapphire Dragonfly Pin
The dragonfly only gets to zoom for a tiny portion of its lifespan. Dragonflies are seen as symbols of growth, determination and embody living life to its fullest.
Butterflies ethereal appearance captivate all. They represent nature at its most playful. Butterflies come in every shade of the spectrum. Their strikingly beautiful palettes of color play a role in protection and to spark sexual interest.
23339 - Circa 2002 Oscar Heyman Gold Platinum Sapphire Diamond Emerald Butterfly Pin
The 1969 children’s classic, written by Eric Carle, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, taught many children how the humble caterpillar retreats into a cocoon and transforms into a beautiful butterfly. For hundreds of years butterflies have been symbols of rebirth and renewal.
23754 - Gold Ruby Diamond Italy Butterfly Clip Pin
Some believe the butterfly represents the soul of a loved one coming to check on a person left behind. Colorful, bright and dynamic, butterflies flutter and meander until finding flowers who strike their fancy, always poised for flight.
43997 - Gold Diamond Ruby French Butterfly Pendant Necklace
Bees in flight are whimsical while wandering about and feasting on beautiful flowers that surround us.
23895 - Rosenthal Gold Citrine Ruby Bee Fly Pin
New York jeweler, Herbert Rosenthal bees have been desirable for decades due to their multi dimensional designs, with realistic attributes. There are so many aspects of the bee to be admired.
23929 - Gold Diamond Amethyst Bee Fly Pin
Throughout history bee symbolism has been present in many cultures as power, strength, and determination. Bees are complex in the ways they use body language for communication when working, and protecting each other when outside the hive.
23840 - Honora Gold Diamond Ruby Sapphire Bee Fly Pin
Wearing bee jewelry isn't just fun and cute, but a symbol of persistence, loyalty and harmony.
Ladybugs are charming. Another delightful mainstay of the insect community is the ladybug whose appearance is believed by many to indicate good luck. Ladybugs are actually not bugs, but rather part of a group of small beetles that share a similarity in markings. Most of the species are considered beneficial insects, since they feed on agricultural pests.
23650 - Gold Enamel Lady Bug Pin
Ladybugs also remind us of the simple things in life, and point our attention to the magic in the small. The cheerful ladybug is sure to bring good fortune!
To the ancient Egyptians, the scarab was a symbol of the sun, rebirth and eternal life. Scarabs are a mesmerizingly diverse family of beetle found in every part of the world, comprising about 10 percent of all known beetles.
31269 - Victorian Gold Beetle Leaf Stick Pin
They're often associated with progress, persistence, consistency, cooperation, devotion to goals and of course hard work.
24006 - Circa 1875 Victorian Silver Gold Garnet Diamond Ruby Beetle Pin Pendant
One of their most interesting and well-known diet items is consumed by the scarabs called dung beetles. These beetles subsist entirely on the undigested nutrients in the waste of sheep, cattle, and elephants.
73303 - Gold Engraved Scarab Link Bracelet
The colorful sacred Egyptian scarab is a dung beetle. Louis Comfort Tiffany had an extensive personal collection of Egyptian objects which inspired many Tifffany creations. Even after 3 millennia, the humble beetle is still a worldwide symbol of good luck.
72801 - Gold Victorian Scarab Link Bracelet
During the summer months we are privileged to observe lovely, fascinating, and curious insects that have inspired artists in numerous ways and mediums for centuries.
73367 - Gold Ebony Wood Dragonfly Seashell Bangle Bracelet
Naturally, jewelers worldwide have designed and created fine jewelry in precious metals, diamonds, and a variety colored gemstones, and enamels. Insect jewelry took a back seat to more traditional styles in the earlier 1900s, but came roaring back from the early 1950s into the 1980s. Wearing multiple small brooches on scarves or a chunky piece on a lapel was all the rage.
71771 - Circa 1960 Gold Diamond Enamel Snake Bracelet
Insect pieces have continued to be popular, especially now that the fashion world emphasizes statement jewels.
23925 - Dunay Gold Diamond Inchworm Pin
What better statement than a beautiful example of bee, butterfly, insect or serpentine jewelry?
Sources:
Jeweled Bugs and Butterflies
Marilyn Nissenson & Susan Jones SBN-10: 0810935236
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates