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=Illustrations:=  
=Illustrations:=  
==Period sources:==  
==Period sources:==  
==='''Bugs in pre-17th c. Heraldry'''===  
===Bugs in pre-17th c. Heraldry===  
* <span style="line-height: 1.5;">http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/Stars/Bugs/Bugs.htm</span>
* <span style="line-height: 1.5;">http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/Stars/Bugs/Bugs.htm</span>


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===Butterflies:===  
===Butterflies:===  
[[ http://www.sofyalarus.info/heraldicart/Gunnvor/Butterflies.jpg]]
{| class="wikitable"
Miscellaneous butterflies, courtesy of Gunnvor silfrahar
| http://www.sofyalarus.info/heraldicart/Gunnvor/Butterflies.jpg
| Miscellaneous butterflies, courtesy of Gunnvor silfrahar
|}


===Praying Mantis:===  
===Praying Mantis:===  
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
| [[http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/.a/6a00d8341c464853ef01a511fa6806970c-800wi British Library Link]]
| http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/.a/6a00d8341c464853ef01a511fa6806970c-800wi
| Additional MS 28841, f. 6r, 14th C image, praying mantis and other bugs
| Additional MS 28841, f. 6r, 14th C image, praying mantis and other bugs
http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2014/08/bugs-in-books.html
http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2014/08/bugs-in-books.html
|}
|}


_Mantis religiosa_ is native to Europe. </span>
_Mantis religiosa_ is native to Europe.


==Modern Sources:==  
==Modern Sources:==  
==='''Pictorial Dictionary 3rd Edition:'''===  
==='''Pictorial Dictionary 3rd Edition:'''===  
* [[http://mistholme.com/dictionary/crab/|Crab]]
* [[http://mistholme.com/dictionary/crab/ Crab]]
* [[http:''mistholme.com/dictionary/insects/|Insects]] - see also [[@http://mistholme.com/dictionary/bee/|bee]], [[@http:''mistholme.com/dictionary/scorpion/|scorpion]]
* [[http://mistholme.com/dictionary/insects/ Insects]] - see also [http://mistholme.com/dictionary/bee/ Bee]], [[http://mistholme.com/dictionary/scorpion/ Scorpion]]
* [[http://mistholme.com/dictionary/spiderweb/|Spiderweb]]
* [[http://mistholme.com/dictionary/spiderweb/ Spiderweb]]


===[[Pennsic Traceable Art Project]]:===  
===[[Pennsic Traceable Art Project]]:===  
* <span style="line-height: 1.5;">[[http://www.aeheralds.net/Links/AE_Traceable_Art/IndivPDFs/Butterfly.pdf|Butterfly]]</span>
* <span style="line-height: 1.5;">[[http://www.aeheralds.net/Links/AE_Traceable_Art/IndivPDFs/Butterfly.pdf Butterfly]]</span>
* <span style="line-height: 1.5;">[[http://www.aeheralds.net/Links/AE_Traceable_Art/IndivPDFs/Crab.pdf|Crab]]</span>
* <span style="line-height: 1.5;">[[http://www.aeheralds.net/Links/AE_Traceable_Art/IndivPDFs/Crab.pdf Crab]]</span>
* etc.
* etc.


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=Separate articles related to Insects:=  
=Separate articles related to Insects:=  
* [[include component="pageList" hideInternal="true" tag="insect" limit="20"]]


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=Sources:=  
=<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">Sources:</span>=  
* Academy of St. Gabriel "Medieval Heraldry Archive" - http://www.s-gabriel.org/heraldry/
<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">Academy of St. Gabriel "Medieval Heraldry Archive" - [[http://www.s-gabriel.org/heraldry/]]</span>
* Archive of St. Gabriel reports - http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/archive.cgi
<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">Archive of St. Gabriel reports - [[http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/archive.cgi]]</span>
* Laurel Armory Articles - http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/armory_articles.html
<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">Laurel Armory Articles - [[http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/armory_articles.html]]</span>
 
<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">[[scaheraldry/Period Armorials|Period Armorials]]</span>
 
* New Heraldic Primer (Heraldry for Non-Heralds) - http://heraldry.sca.org/armory/newprimer/
* Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry (PicDic), 3rd Edition - http://mistholme.com/pictorial-dictionary-of-heraldry
* [[Period Armorials]]
 
 
* Parker's Heraldry - http://karlwilcox.com/parker/
* Riestap's ''Armorial Général - http://www.euraldic.com/lasu/bl/bl_a_aa.html
 
=A Heraldic Primer: ... Insects=
http://heraldry.sca.org/primer/reptiles.html (defunct)


=='''A Heraldic Primer: ... Insects'''==
-[[http://heraldry.sca.org/primer/reptiles.html]]
Insects and arthropods can be found in armory. All insects are found depicted in the tergiant posture. However, when the insect is winged, the posture is known as volant en arrière (flying).
Insects and arthropods can be found in armory. All insects are found depicted in the tergiant posture. However, when the insect is winged, the posture is known as volant en arrière (flying).
{|
{|
| [[File:http:''www.sofyalarus.info/heraldicart/HeraldicPrimer/bee.gif]] || [[File:http://www.sofyalarus.info/heraldicart/HeraldicPrimer/butterfly.gif]] || <span style="display: block; text-align: center;">[[File:http:''www.sofyalarus.info/heraldicart/HeraldicPrimer/emmet.gif]]
| http://www.sofyalarus.info/heraldicart/HeraldicPrimer/bee.gif]] || http://www.sofyalarus.info/heraldicart/HeraldicPrimer/butterfly.gif]] || http://www.sofyalarus.info/heraldicart/HeraldicPrimer/emmet.gif]]
|-
|| http://www.sofyalarus.info/heraldicart/HeraldicPrimer/spider.gif  
|</span> || [[File:http://www.sofyalarus.info/heraldicart/HeraldicPrimer/spider.gif]]
|-
|-
| a bee volant || a butterfly volant || an emmet (or ant) tergiant || a spider tergiant  
| a bee volant || a butterfly volant || an emmet (or ant) tergiant || a spider tergiant  
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='''SENA'''=  
='''SENA'''=  
=='''Appendix L: A Partial List of Postures and Orientations'''==  
=='''Appendix L: A Partial List of Postures and Orientations'''==  
This is a list of postures and orientations that can be used to determine whether two charges or groups of charges conflict or whether there is a distinct change for posture/orientation.
This is a list of postures and orientations that can be used to determine whether two charges or groups of charges conflict or whether there is a distinct change for posture/orientation.
==='''Animate Charges'''===  
==='''Animate Charges'''===  
A. Quadrupeds: The postures listed within each group generally conflict, though a distinct change may be given for facing to dexter or to sinister. See [[scaheraldry/Animal Postures|Animal Postures]] for standard heraldic postures.
* rampant, segreant, salient, sejant erect, statant erect
* passant, statant, courant
* sejant, sejant erect
* couchant, dormant
* sejant erect affronty, sejant affronty
C. Insects and Other Tergiant-Default Creatures: This category is for insects and other creatures whose default is tergiant. The postures listed within each group generally conflict.
C. Insects and Other Tergiant-Default Creatures: This category is for insects and other creatures whose default is tergiant. The postures listed within each group generally conflict.
* tergiant
* tergiant
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* bendwise
* bendwise
* bendwise sinister
* bendwise sinister
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http://heraldry.sca.org/sena.html#AppendixL (as of July 2019)
 
=Precedents:=  
=Precedents:=  
<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - [[http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/precedents.html]]</span>
Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/precedents.html <br>
<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">Morsulus Heralds Website - [[http://www.morsulus.org/]] (to search the LoARs and Precedents)</span>
Morsulus Heralds Website - http://www.morsulus.org/ (to search the LoARs and Precedents) <br>
<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">Restatement Wiki - [[http://yehudaheraldry.com/restatement/index.php?title=Main_Page]] (restatements of Precedents)</span>
'' '''Use the above links to be sure any precedents listed below haven't been superseded by newer precedents.'' '''
''<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">'''Use the above links to be sure any precedents listed below haven't been superseded by newer precedents.'''</span>''


==<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">[[#x--Precedents:-Definition:]]<u>'''Definition:'''</u></span>==
==Definition:==
''(includes defaults, proper tinctures, blazoning)''


===Example===


==<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">[[#x--Precedents:-Registerability:]]<u>'''Registerability:'''</u></span>==  
==Registerability:==  
<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">(Restricted, Reserved, SFPP, OOP)</span>
''(Restricted, Reserved, SFPP, OOP)''


==='''July 2007 - spiderwebs:'''===  
===July 2007 - spiderwebs:===  
Gafanko Popovich. Per bend sinister azure and gules, a bend sinister and in dexter chief a spider web throughout argent.
Gafanko Popovich. Per bend sinister azure and gules, a bend sinister and in dexter chief a spider web throughout argent.
Spiderwebs are at least gray period, but as used here they have been ruled a step from period practice (v. Victoria of Cúm an Iolair, 03/2005):
Spiderwebs are at least gray period, but as used here they have been ruled a step from period practice (v. Victoria of Cúm an Iolair, 03/2005):
> While spiderwebs are described in Guillim's Display of Heraldry, 1632, the only known examples show the spiderweb alone and covering the entire field. Using the spiderweb on only half the field is thus a step from period practice.
* While spiderwebs are described in Guillim's Display of Heraldry, 1632, the only known examples show the spiderweb alone and covering the entire field. Using the spiderweb on only half the field is thus a step from period practice.
[[http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2007/07/07-07lar.html]]
http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2007/07/07-07lar.html


==='''October 2002 - rising:'''===  
==='''October 2002 - rising:'''===  
"''Rising'' is not a defined posture for insects."
"''Rising'' is not a defined posture for insects."
[[http://sca.org/heraldry/loar/2002/10/02-10lar.html|October 2002 LoAR]]
[[http://sca.org/heraldry/loar/2002/10/02-10lar.html October 2002 LoAR]]


==='''Oct 2002 - statant palewise:'''===  
==='''Oct 2002 - statant palewise:'''===  
"Note that the SCA accepts bees in a statant posture (horizontal body, legs down, wings addorsed). The SCA also accepts bees which are statant in a clearly defined bendwise or bendwise sinister posture. However, it is not acceptable to rotate a statant bee 90 degrees to a "palewise" posture. The resulting posture, with a vertical body, and legs extended to dexter, is equivalent to the previously forbidden "rampant" posture for bees and similar insects."
"Note that the SCA accepts bees in a statant posture (horizontal body, legs down, wings addorsed). The SCA also accepts bees which are statant in a clearly defined bendwise or bendwise sinister posture. However, it is not acceptable to rotate a statant bee 90 degrees to a "palewise" posture. The resulting posture, with a vertical body, and legs extended to dexter, is equivalent to the previously forbidden "rampant" posture for bees and similar insects."
[[http://sca.org/heraldry/loar/2002/10/02-10lar.html|October 2002 LoAR]]
[[http://sca.org/heraldry/loar/2002/10/02-10lar.html October 2002 LoAR]]


==='''Aug 2002 - insects statant:'''===  
==='''Aug 2002 - insects statant:'''===  
"The SCA has registered many insects statant, as well as other arthropods statant (such as scorpions), even when the insect or arthropod has only been documented as tergiant in period heraldry. Without an extensive change in policy concerning the acceptability of insects or arthropods statant, this may be registered."
"The SCA has registered many insects statant, as well as other arthropods statant (such as scorpions), even when the insect or arthropod has only been documented as tergiant in period heraldry. Without an extensive change in policy concerning the acceptability of insects or arthropods statant, this may be registered."
[[http://sca.org/heraldry/loar/2002/08/02-08lar.html|August 2002 LoAR]]
[[http://sca.org/heraldry/loar/2002/08/02-08lar.html August 2002 LoAR]]


==='''<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">May 2002 - inverted animate charges:</span>'''===  
==='''May 2002 - inverted animate charges SFPP:'''===  
<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">"The SCA has general precedents against registering inverted animate charges unless they are part of a radially symmetrical group such as in annulo. These precedents are on the grounds that such inverted animals are generally not readily identifiable, and they are not found in period heraldry. However, the SCA also has a registration tradition of allowing animals which are usually found in a tergiant posture to be registered in the tergiant inverted posture. "</span>
<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">"The SCA has general precedents against registering inverted animate charges unless they are part of a radially symmetrical group such as in annulo. These precedents are on the grounds that such inverted animals are generally not readily identifiable, and they are not found in period heraldry. However, the SCA also has a registration tradition of allowing animals which are usually found in a tergiant posture to be registered in the tergiant inverted posture. "</span>
<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">"There is very little period evidence for tergiant inverted animals in heraldry."</span>
<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">"There is very little period evidence for tergiant inverted animals in heraldry."</span>
<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">"As a result, inverting a tergiant charge is acceptable as long as it does not otherwise violate any basic heraldic principles, including the requirement for identifiability. Because of the lack of period evidence for tergiant inverted charges, the posture will be considered a clear step from period practice (also known informally as a "weirdness") for any charge that cannot be found in this posture in period."</span>
<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">"As a result, inverting a tergiant charge is acceptable as long as it does not otherwise violate any basic heraldic principles, including the requirement for identifiability. Because of the lack of period evidence for tergiant inverted charges, the posture will be considered a clear step from period practice (also known informally as a "weirdness") for any charge that cannot be found in this posture in period."</span>
<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">[[http://www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2002/05/02-05lar.html|May 2002 LoAR]]</span>
<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">[[http://www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2002/05/02-05lar.html May 2002 LoAR]]</span>


===<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">April 2001 LoAR - insects rampant:</span>===  
===<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">April 2001 LoAR - insects rampant unregisterable:</span>===  
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Robert Pine. Device. Azure, two wasps combattant, a bordure argent. (R-Atlantia) "Long precedent has held that non-quadrupeds cannot be registered in positions such as rampant. In particular, in May 1991, Laurel stated "Henceforth, we will not accept rampant birds." In the same month, Laurel said, "given the College's feelings about birds in a rampant position it is unlikely that a rampant insect would be any more acceptable." Since that time, we have not registered insects in a rampant position, and see no reason to do so now."</span>
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Robert Pine. Device. Azure, two wasps combattant, a bordure argent. (R-Atlantia) "Long precedent has held that non-quadrupeds cannot be registered in positions such as rampant. In particular, in May 1991, Laurel stated "Henceforth, we will not accept rampant birds." In the same month, Laurel said, "given the College's feelings about birds in a rampant position it is unlikely that a rampant insect would be any more acceptable." Since that time, we have not registered insects in a rampant position, and see no reason to do so now."</span>
*http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2001/04/01-04lar.html


http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2001/04/01-04lar.html


 
==='''May 1983 - insect-winged monsters unregisterable:'''===  
==='''May 1983 - insect-winged monsters:'''===  
Caterina Leonora de Forza. Return of: Vert, a Bengal tiger couchant guardant to sinister with Tiger Swallowtail butterfly wings elevated and addorsed proper within a bordure Or. "The device is not period style. To my knowledge, the only wings added to beasts in period were those of bats or hawks..."
Caterina Leonora de Forza. Return of: Vert, a Bengal tiger couchant guardant to sinister with Tiger Swallowtail butterfly wings elevated and addorsed proper within a bordure Or. "The device is not period style. To my knowledge, the only wings added to beasts in period were those of bats or hawks..."
http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/1983/05/83-05LAR.html
*http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/1983/05/83-05LAR.html
 
==<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">[[#x--Precedents:-Conflict:]]<u>'''Conflict:'''</u></span>==


==Conflict:==


===April 2008 - bee vs fly:===  
===April 2008 - bee vs fly:===  
[a bee vs. a fly] ... but nothing for changing the type of insect.
[a bee vs. a fly] ... but nothing for changing the type of insect.
[Hannibal Beman, [[http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2008/04/08-04lar.html|04/2008,]] R-Ansteorra]
[Hannibal Beman, [[http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2008/04/08-04lar.html 04/2008,]] R-Ansteorra]


==='''Dec 2002 - tergiant fesswise vs. statant:'''===  
==='''Dec 2002 - tergiant fesswise vs. statant:'''===  
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==='''Sept 2001 - bee vs. dragonfly:'''===  
==='''Sept 2001 - bee vs. dragonfly:'''===  
"When drawn clearly, there is a CD between a bee and a dragonfly."
"When drawn clearly, there is a CD between a bee and a dragonfly."
[[http://sca.org/heraldry/loar/2001/09/01-09lar.htm|September 2001 LoAR]]
[[http://sca.org/heraldry/loar/2001/09/01-09lar.htm September 2001 LoAR]]




==<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">[[#x--Precedents:-Identifiability:]]<u>'''Identifiability:'''</u></span>==  
==Identifiability:>==  


==<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">'''<u>Collected Precedents:</u>'''</span>==  
==Collected Precedents:==  
'''2nd Tenure of Elisabeth de Rossignol (April - August 2011)''' - [[http:''heraldry.sca.org/precedents/elisabeth/armory2.html#CRAB|ARTHROPOD - Lobster]], ARTHROPOD - Scorpion see [[http:''heraldry.sca.org/precedents/elisabeth/armory2.html#CRAB|ARTHROPOD - Lobster]]
* 2nd Tenure of Elisabeth de Rossignol (April - August 2011) - [[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/elisabeth/armory2.html#CRAB ARTHROPOD - Lobster]], ARTHROPOD - Scorpion see [[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/elisabeth/armory2.html#CRAB ARTHROPOD - Lobster]]
'''<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">Tenure of Elisabeth de Rossignol (May 2005 - July 2008)</span>'''<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"> - </span>[[http:''heraldry.sca.org/precedents/elisabeth/armory.html#ANT|ARTHROPOD - Ant]], [[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/elisabeth/armory.html#BEE|ARTHROPOD - Bee]], [[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/elisabeth/armory.html#BEETLE|ARTHROPOD - Beetle]], [[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/elisabeth/armory.html#BUTTERFLY|ARTHROPOD - Butterfly]], ARTHROPOD - Crab see [[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/elisabeth/armory.html#CRAB|ARTHROPOD - Lobster]], ARTHROPOD - Dragonfly see [[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/elisabeth/armory.html#BUTTERFLY|ARTHROPOD - Butterfly]], ARTHROPOD - Fly see [[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/elisabeth/armory.html#BEE|ARTHROPOD - Bee]], [[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/elisabeth/armory.html#CRAB|ARTHROPOD - Lobster]], ARTHROPOD - Scarab see [[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/elisabeth/armory.html#BEETLE|ARTHROPOD - Beetle]], ARTHROPOD - Scorpion see [[http:''heraldry.sca.org/precedents/elisabeth/armory.html#CRAB|ARTHROPOD - Lobster]]
* <span style="background-color: #ffffff;">1st Tenure of Elisabeth de Rossignol (May 2005 - July 2008)</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"> - </span>[[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/elisabeth/armory.html#ANT ARTHROPOD - Ant]], [[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/elisabeth/armory.html#BEE ARTHROPOD - Bee]], [[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/elisabeth/armory.html#BEETLE ARTHROPOD - Beetle]], [[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/elisabeth/armory.html#BUTTERFLY ARTHROPOD - Butterfly]], ARTHROPOD - Crab see [[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/elisabeth/armory.html#CRAB ARTHROPOD - Lobster]], ARTHROPOD - Dragonfly see [[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/elisabeth/armory.html#BUTTERFLY ARTHROPOD - Butterfly]], ARTHROPOD - Fly see [[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/elisabeth/armory.html#BEE ARTHROPOD - Bee]], [[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/elisabeth/armory.html#CRAB ARTHROPOD - Lobster]], ARTHROPOD - Scarab see [[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/elisabeth/armory.html#BEETLE ARTHROPOD - Beetle]], ARTHROPOD - Scorpion see [[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/elisabeth/armory.html#CRAB ARTHROPOD - Lobster]]
* <span style="background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.5;">The 2nd Tenure of François la Flamme (October 2004 - May 2005) - </span>BUTTERFLY see [[http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/sca/armoryprec.html#ARTHROPOD ARTHROPOD -- Miscellaneous]], <span style="line-height: 1.5;">[[http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/sca/armoryprec.html#ARTHROPOD ARTHROPOD -- Miscellaneous]]</span>
* <span style="background-color: #ffffff;">The Tenure of Shauna of Carrick Point (May 2004 - August 2004) - </span>[[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/shauna/armory.html#Arthropod Arthropod]], [[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/shauna/armory.html#BEE Bee]], [[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/shauna/armory.html#ARACHNID Spider]]
* <span style="background-color: #ffffff;">The 1st Tenure of François la Flamme (August 2001 - April 2004) - </span>[[http//heraldry.sca.org/precedents/francois/wreath.html#BEE ARTHROPOD -- Bee]], [[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/francois/wreath.html#ARTHROPOD ARTHROPOD -- Miscellaneous]], [[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/francois/wreath.html#ARACHNID ARTHROPOD -- Spider]]
* The Tenure of Elsbeth Anne Roth (June 1999 - July 2001) - [http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/elsbeth/armory.html Collected Armory Precedents]
* The Tenure of Jaelle of Armida (June 1996 - June 1999) - [http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/jaeprec.html Single HTML Document]
* 2nd Tenure of Da'ud ibn Auda (November 1993 - June 1996) -
** [http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/daud2/volume3.html the 1st part (Nov 1993 - June 1994)] and
** [http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/daud2/daudIITOC.html the 2nd part (July 1994 - June 1996)]
* <span style="background-color: #ffffff;">The Tenure of Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme (June 1992 - October 1993) - </span>[[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/bruce/A.html#arachnid-scorpion ARACHNID -- Scorpion]], [[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/bruce/A.html#arachnid-spider ARACHNID -- Spider]]
* 1st Tenure of Da'ud ibn Auda (June 1990 - June 1992) -
**  [http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/daud/daud1toc.html the 1st year (June 1990 - June 1991)] and
**  [http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/daud/daud1btoc.html the 2nd year (July 1991 - June 1992)]
* <span style="background-color: #ffffff;">The Tenure of Alisoun MacCoul of Elphane (September 1986 - June 1990) - </span>[[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/alisoun/AMEA.html#ARACHNIDSCORPION Arachnid - Scorpion]]
* The Tenure of Baldwin of Erebor (August 1984 - August 1986) - [http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/baldwin.html Single HTML Document]
* <span style="background-color: #ffffff;">The Tenure of Wilhelm von Schlüssel (August 1979 - August 1984) - </span>'''[[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/wilhelm/atoc.html#butterfly BUTTERFLY]]
* The Tenure of Karina of the Far West (December 1975 - June 1979) - [http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/karina/volume2.html Collected Precedents]
* <span style="background-color: #ffffff;">The Early Days (June 1971 - June 1975) - </span>[[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/early/atoc.html#butterfly BUTTERFLY]]


'''<span style="background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.5;">The 2nd Tenure of François la Flamme (October 2004 - May 2005) - </span>'''BUTTERFLY see [[http:''www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/sca/armoryprec.html#ARTHROPOD|ARTHROPOD -- Miscellaneous]], <span style="line-height: 1.5;">[[http:''www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/sca/armoryprec.html#ARTHROPOD|ARTHROPOD -- Miscellaneous]]</span>
 
'''<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">The Tenure of Shauna of Carrick Point (May 2004 - August 2004) - </span>'''[[http:''heraldry.sca.org/precedents/shauna/armory.html#Arthropod|Arthropod]], [[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/shauna/armory.html#BEE|-- Bee]], [[http:''heraldry.sca.org/precedents/shauna/armory.html#ARACHNID|-- Spider]]
=In the Ordinary=  
'''<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">The Tenure of François la Flamme (August 2001 - April 2004) - </span>'''[[http:''heraldry.sca.org/precedents/francois/wreath.html#BEE|ARTHROPOD -- Bee]], [[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/francois/wreath.html#ARTHROPOD|ARTHROPOD -- Miscellaneous]], [[http:''heraldry.sca.org/precedents/francois/wreath.html#ARACHNID|ARTHROPOD -- Spider]]
'''<span style="background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.5;">The Tenure of Elsbeth Anne Roth (June 1999 - July 2001) - </span>'''
'''<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">The Tenure of Jaelle of Armida (June 1996 - June 1999) - </span>'''
'''<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">The 2nd Tenure of Da'ud ibn Auda (November 1993 - June 1996) - </span>'''Arachnid, see Insect & Arachnid
'''<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">The Tenure of Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme (June 1992 - October 1993) - </span>'''[[http:''heraldry.sca.org/precedents/bruce/A.html#arachnid-scorpion|ARACHNID -- Scorpion]], [[http:''heraldry.sca.org/precedents/bruce/A.html#arachnid-spider|ARACHNID -- Spider]]
'''<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">The 1st Tenure of Da'ud ibn Auda (June 1990 - June 1992) -</span>'''
'''<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">The Tenure of Alisoun MacCoul of Elphane (September 1986 - June 1990) - </span>'''[[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/alisoun/AMEA.html#ARACHNIDSCORPION|Arachnid - Scorpion]]
'''<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">The Tenure of Baldwin of Erebor (August 1984 - August 1986) -</span>'''
'''<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">The Tenure of Wilhelm von Schlüssel (August 1979 - August 1984) - </span>'''[[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/wilhelm/atoc.html#butterfly|BUTTERFLY]]
'''<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">The Tenure of Karina of the Far West (December 1975 - June 1979) -</span>'''
'''<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">The Early Days (June 1971 - June 1975) - </span>'''[[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/early/atoc.html#butterfly|BUTTERFLY]]
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==<u>'''In the [[scaheraldry/Ordinary|Ordinary]]'''</u>:==  
(includes crustacean)
(includes crustacean)
* [[http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_desc.cgi?p=INSECT%2dANT|Arthropod - Ant]] (includes emmet)
* [[http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_desc.cgi?p=INSECT%2dANT Arthropod - Ant]] (includes emmet)
* [[http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_desc.cgi?p=INSECT%2dBEE%20AND%20WASP|Arthropod - Bee]] (includes honeybee)
* [[http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_desc.cgi?p=INSECT%2dBEE%20AND%20WASP Arthropod - Bee]] (includes honeybee)
* [[http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_desc.cgi?p=INSECT%2dBEETLE|Arthropod - Beetle]]
* [[http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_desc.cgi?p=INSECT%2dBEETLE Arthropod - Beetle]]
* Arthropod - Butterfly - see [[http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/A.html#arthropodmoth|Arthropod - Moth]]
* Arthropod - Butterfly - see [[http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/A.html#arthropodmoth Arthropod - Moth]]
* Arthropod - Cockroach - see [[http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/A.html#arthropodbeetle|Arthropod - Beetle]]
* Arthropod - Cockroach - see [[http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/A.html#arthropodbeetle Arthropod - Beetle]]
* Arthropod - Crab - see [[http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/A.html#arthropodlobster|Arthropod - Lobster]]
* Arthropod - Crab - see [[http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/A.html#arthropodlobster Arthropod - Lobster]]
* Arthropod - Crawfish - see [[http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/A.html#arthropodlobster|Arthropod - Lobster]]
* Arthropod - Crawfish - see [[http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/A.html#arthropodlobster Arthropod - Lobster]]
* [[http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_desc.cgi?p=INSECT%2dDRAGONFLY|Arthropod - Dragonfly]] (includes mosquito)
* [[http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_desc.cgi?p=INSECT%2dDRAGONFLY Arthropod - Dragonfly]] (includes mosquito)
* Arthropod - Earwig - see [[http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/A.html#arthropodbeetle|Arthropod - Beetle]]
* Arthropod - Earwig - see [[http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/A.html#arthropodbeetle Arthropod - Beetle]]
* Arthropod - Grasshopper - see [[http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/A.html#arthropodmantis|Arthropod - Mantis]]
* Arthropod - Grasshopper - see [[http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/A.html#arthropodmantis Arthropod - Mantis]]
* Arthropod - Hornet - see [[http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/A.html#arthropodbee|Arthropod - Bee]]
* Arthropod - Hornet - see [[http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/A.html#arthropodbee Arthropod - Bee]]
* Arthropod - Ladybug - see [[http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/A.html#arthropodbeetle|Arthropod - Beetle]]
* Arthropod - Ladybug - see [[http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/A.html#arthropodbeetle Arthropod - Beetle]]
* [[http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_desc.cgi?p=FISH%2dLOBSTER%20AND%20CRAB|Arthropod - Lobster]]
* [[http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_desc.cgi?p=FISH%2dLOBSTER%20AND%20CRAB Arthropod - Lobster]]
* [[http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_desc.cgi?p=INSECT%2dMANTIS|Arthropod - Mantis]]
* [[http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_desc.cgi?p=INSECT%2dMANTIS Arthropod - Mantis]]
* Arthropod - Mosquito - see [[http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/A.html#arthropoddragonfly|Arthropod - Dragonfly]]
* Arthropod - Mosquito - see [[http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/A.html#arthropoddragonfly Arthropod - Dragonfly]]
* [[http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_desc.cgi?p=INSECT%2dBUTTERFLY%20AND%20MOTH|Arthropod - Moth]] (includes butterfly, papillion)
* [[http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_desc.cgi?p=INSECT%2dBUTTERFLY%20AND%20MOTH Arthropod - Moth]] (includes butterfly, papillion)
* Arthropod - Roach - see [[http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/A.html#arthropodbeetle|Arthropod - Beetle]]
* Arthropod - Roach - see [[http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/A.html#arthropodbeetle Arthropod - Beetle]]
* Arthropod - Scarab - see [[http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/A.html#arthropodbeetle|Arthropod - Beetle]]
* Arthropod - Scarab - see [[http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/A.html#arthropodbeetle Arthropod - Beetle]]
* [[http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_desc.cgi?p=ARACHNID%2dSCORPION|Arthropod - Scorpion]]
* [[http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_desc.cgi?p=ARACHNID%2dSCORPION Arthropod - Scorpion]]
* Arthropod - Shrimp - see [[http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/A.html#arthropodlobster|Arthropod - Lobster]]
* Arthropod - Shrimp - see [[http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/A.html#arthropodlobster Arthropod - Lobster]]
* [[http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_desc.cgi?p=ARACHNID%2dSPIDER|Arthropod - Spider]] (includes arachnid)
* [[http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_desc.cgi?p=ARACHNID%2dSPIDER Arthropod - Spider]] (includes arachnid)
* Arthropod - Wasp - see [[http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/A.html#arthropodbee|Arthropod - Bee]]
* Arthropod - Wasp - see [[http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/A.html#arthropodbee Arthropod - Bee]]


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Illustrations:[edit | edit source]

Period sources:[edit | edit source]

Bugs in pre-17th c. Heraldry[edit | edit source]

Butterflies:[edit | edit source]

File:TudorBanner butterflies.jpg Banners, Standards and Badges, Tudor manuscript, butterflies and a moor's head

Winged ants:[edit | edit source]

16th 16th century Italian, winged ants

Butterflies:[edit | edit source]

Butterflies.jpg Miscellaneous butterflies, courtesy of Gunnvor silfrahar

Praying Mantis:[edit | edit source]

http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/.a/6a00d8341c464853ef01a511fa6806970c-800wi Additional MS 28841, f. 6r, 14th C image, praying mantis and other bugs

http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2014/08/bugs-in-books.html

_Mantis religiosa_ is native to Europe.

Modern Sources:[edit | edit source]

Pictorial Dictionary 3rd Edition:[edit | edit source]

Pennsic Traceable Art Project:[edit | edit source]


Separate articles related to Insects:[edit | edit source]

Sources:[edit | edit source]



A Heraldic Primer: ... Insects[edit | edit source]

http://heraldry.sca.org/primer/reptiles.html (defunct)

Insects and arthropods can be found in armory. All insects are found depicted in the tergiant posture. However, when the insect is winged, the posture is known as volant en arrière (flying).

bee.gif]] butterfly.gif]] emmet.gif]] spider.gif
a bee volant a butterfly volant an emmet (or ant) tergiant a spider tergiant


SENA[edit | edit source]

Appendix L: A Partial List of Postures and Orientations[edit | edit source]

This is a list of postures and orientations that can be used to determine whether two charges or groups of charges conflict or whether there is a distinct change for posture/orientation.

Animate Charges[edit | edit source]

C. Insects and Other Tergiant-Default Creatures: This category is for insects and other creatures whose default is tergiant. The postures listed within each group generally conflict.

  • tergiant
  • tergiant inverted
  • bendwise
  • bendwise sinister

http://heraldry.sca.org/sena.html#AppendixL (as of July 2019)

Precedents:[edit | edit source]

Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/precedents.html
Morsulus Heralds Website - http://www.morsulus.org/ (to search the LoARs and Precedents)
Use the above links to be sure any precedents listed below haven't been superseded by newer precedents.

Definition:[edit | edit source]

(includes defaults, proper tinctures, blazoning)

Example[edit | edit source]

Registerability:[edit | edit source]

(Restricted, Reserved, SFPP, OOP)

July 2007 - spiderwebs:[edit | edit source]

Gafanko Popovich. Per bend sinister azure and gules, a bend sinister and in dexter chief a spider web throughout argent. Spiderwebs are at least gray period, but as used here they have been ruled a step from period practice (v. Victoria of Cúm an Iolair, 03/2005):

  • While spiderwebs are described in Guillim's Display of Heraldry, 1632, the only known examples show the spiderweb alone and covering the entire field. Using the spiderweb on only half the field is thus a step from period practice.

http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2007/07/07-07lar.html

October 2002 - rising:[edit | edit source]

"Rising is not a defined posture for insects." [October 2002 LoAR]

Oct 2002 - statant palewise:[edit | edit source]

"Note that the SCA accepts bees in a statant posture (horizontal body, legs down, wings addorsed). The SCA also accepts bees which are statant in a clearly defined bendwise or bendwise sinister posture. However, it is not acceptable to rotate a statant bee 90 degrees to a "palewise" posture. The resulting posture, with a vertical body, and legs extended to dexter, is equivalent to the previously forbidden "rampant" posture for bees and similar insects." [October 2002 LoAR]

Aug 2002 - insects statant:[edit | edit source]

"The SCA has registered many insects statant, as well as other arthropods statant (such as scorpions), even when the insect or arthropod has only been documented as tergiant in period heraldry. Without an extensive change in policy concerning the acceptability of insects or arthropods statant, this may be registered." [August 2002 LoAR]

May 2002 - inverted animate charges SFPP:[edit | edit source]

"The SCA has general precedents against registering inverted animate charges unless they are part of a radially symmetrical group such as in annulo. These precedents are on the grounds that such inverted animals are generally not readily identifiable, and they are not found in period heraldry. However, the SCA also has a registration tradition of allowing animals which are usually found in a tergiant posture to be registered in the tergiant inverted posture. " "There is very little period evidence for tergiant inverted animals in heraldry." "As a result, inverting a tergiant charge is acceptable as long as it does not otherwise violate any basic heraldic principles, including the requirement for identifiability. Because of the lack of period evidence for tergiant inverted charges, the posture will be considered a clear step from period practice (also known informally as a "weirdness") for any charge that cannot be found in this posture in period." [May 2002 LoAR]

April 2001 LoAR - insects rampant unregisterable:[edit | edit source]

Robert Pine. Device. Azure, two wasps combattant, a bordure argent. (R-Atlantia) "Long precedent has held that non-quadrupeds cannot be registered in positions such as rampant. In particular, in May 1991, Laurel stated "Henceforth, we will not accept rampant birds." In the same month, Laurel said, "given the College's feelings about birds in a rampant position it is unlikely that a rampant insect would be any more acceptable." Since that time, we have not registered insects in a rampant position, and see no reason to do so now."


May 1983 - insect-winged monsters unregisterable:[edit | edit source]

Caterina Leonora de Forza. Return of: Vert, a Bengal tiger couchant guardant to sinister with Tiger Swallowtail butterfly wings elevated and addorsed proper within a bordure Or. "The device is not period style. To my knowledge, the only wings added to beasts in period were those of bats or hawks..."

Conflict:[edit | edit source]

April 2008 - bee vs fly:[edit | edit source]

[a bee vs. a fly] ... but nothing for changing the type of insect. [Hannibal Beman, [04/2008,] R-Ansteorra]

Dec 2002 - tergiant fesswise vs. statant:[edit | edit source]

"There is a CD between a bee tergiant fesswise and a bee statant. Both postures show the bees with fesswise bodies, but a bee tergiant fesswise has wings visible on both sides of the bee's body, while a bee statant only has wings visible on the chiefmost side of the body. This difference is worth a CD, analogous to the difference between a bird rising wings displayed and a bird rising wings addorsed." [2002 LoAR]

Sept 2001 - bee vs. dragonfly:[edit | edit source]

"When drawn clearly, there is a CD between a bee and a dragonfly." [September 2001 LoAR]


Identifiability:>[edit | edit source]

Collected Precedents:[edit | edit source]


In the Ordinary[edit | edit source]

(includes crustacean)