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Ornithoptera alexandrae, Queen Alexandras birdwing butterflyA mounted specimen of Queen Alexandras birdwing butterfly from Papua New Guinea. Male specimen measuring 188 mm across wingtips. See 14964 for the female which is larger
Acherontia atropos, death s-head hawk-mothA mounted specimen of the death s-head hawk-moth, which takes its name from the skull-like image on its thorax. Specimen from the Natural History Museum, London
Entomology SpecimensA specimen tray from the Natural History Museums Entomology Department showing the diversity of insects in terms of shape, size and colours
Chrysina limbata, silver chafer beetleSilver chafer beetle specimen. The beetles have a base pigment covered by several colourless microscopically thin layers called laminae
BeetlesDouble page spread of pencil and watercolour illustrations and sketches of beetles by Henry Walter Bates
Inachis io, peacock butterflyPlate 23 from Illustrations of British butterflies and their larvae, with the plants on which they feed, by Theo Johnson, 1892
Morpho cypris, blue morpho butterflyButterfly from Central America. South America. Specimen on display at the Natural History Museum at Tring, part of the Natural History Museum, London
Phoebis sennae, cloudless sulphur butterflyPhotograph of a mounted specimen of cloudless sulphur. Male. Species occurs on the Galapagos Islands
Xanthopan morganii praedicta, sphinx mothDarwins sphinx moth, found in Madagascar. The species as a whole is known as Morgans sphinx
Plate 17 from Libellulinae Europaeae by de CharpentierIllustration of dragonflies. Plate 17 from Libellulinae Europaeae illustrated and described by Toussint de Charpentier, 1840
Ophrys apifera, bee orchidWatercolour by Arthur Harry Church, 17 June 1913
Ocypus olens, devils coach horse beetle modelA large scale model of the devils coach horse beetle (Ocypus olens). A beetle that is commonly found beneath logs. Held within the Natural History Museum, London
Mosquito in Dominican amberA mosquito in trapped and preserved in Dominican amber. Lower Miocene about 20 million years old. Image from Amber The Natural Time Capsule. Figure 90
Cladognathus sp. stag beetleA specimen of a large stag beetle from Asia. Stag beetles belong to the family (Lucanidae). Only male stag beetles have horns or antlers
H. W. Bates illustrated notebooksPlate 7 from a notebook of Henry W. Bates (1825-92) relating to the insect fauna of the Amazon Valley or DRW, 1851-1854
Cimex lectularius, bed bugScanning electron microscope image of a bed bug (x 17). The sucking mouthparts enable the feeding bedbugs to pierce the hosts tissues and siphon out a blood meal
Longhorn beetle
Schistocerca gregaria, desert locustA desert locust perching on a branch. Locusts sometimes swarm to form groups of up to 80 million and can migrate over large distances
Pharmacophagus antenor, giant swallowtailGiant swallowtail butterfly and the common rose (Pachliopta aristolochiae). Plate 15 from Insects of India by Edward Donovan (1768-1837)
Entomological specimens of LepidopteraUnidentified photograph of mounted specimens of butterflies and moths
Sabatia bartramii, savannah pink & Eacles imperialis, imperiDrawing 11 (Ewan 38) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Butterflies from the Amazon by H. W. BatesA page (p 144) from a notebook of Henry W. Bates relating to the insect fauna of the Amazon Valley or DRW, 1851-1854
Leaf-cutter ants carrying pieces of leafLeaf-cutter ants transporting neatly extracted pieces of leaf. These ants derive from the rainforests of Central and South America
Beetle illustrationsDouble page spread of pencil and watercolour illustrations of beetles by Henry Walter Bates
Coloured sketches of insects on Page 35 from Bates notebook 1. Bates was a renowned Victorian entomologist
Dragonflies and damselflies from Collection of Drawings by Dutch Artists, 17th-19th centuries. Held in the Entomology Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Gromphadorhina portentosa, hissing cockroachA pair of hissing cockroaches also known as the Madagascan hissing cockroach. This species of roach is chocolate brown with no wings
Simulium damnosum, Simulian blackflyScanning electron microscope image of the head showing the compound eye (x 130). The fly is a vector of a parasite which causes River Blindness. Coloured artifically by computer
Flea illustrationPage 201 from Micrographia or some Physiological description of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses (1665) by Robert Hooke
Ornithoptera alexandrae, Queen Alexandras birdwing butterflDigital image of the upperside of a mounted specimen of a Queen Alexandras birdwing butterfly from the family Papilionidae
Insects of SurinamPlate 4 from Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphosibus Insectorum Surinamensium (1726) by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717) & Johanna Helena Herolt (1668-1773)
20th Century Art: Weevil (Rhopalomesites tardyi), 1998 by MaWatercolour. Russell is an example of a scientist turned artist. Trained initially as an entomologist his combined love of beetles and art resulted in a series of exceptional drawings of weevils
Morpho rhetenor, blue morpho butterflyIllustrative plate of a blue morpho butterfly from Insects of China by Edward Donovan (1768-1837)
Pieridae sp. clouded yellow butterfliesOriginal drawing for a plate in A field guide to the butterflies of Britain and Europe. Artwork by Brian Hargreaves. This picture must not be used without permission from Brian Hargreaves
Dressed FleasDressed fleas on display at the Natural History Museum in Tring
A fine ripe Pomelo, peeled and cut ornamentally for tableWatercolour by Olivia Fanny Tonge 1858-1949. 180 x 260mm. From one of sixteen sketchbooks presented to the Museum in 1952
Hydroporus rufifrons, diving beetleClose-up shot of a diving beetle (Hydroporus rufifrons). Specimen held in the Natural History Museums Entomology Department
Ornithoptera croesus, Wallaces golden birdwing butterfly
Ephemera danica, mayfly larvaThe larval stage of a mayfly lasts about a year, and is spent entirely underwater. When it hatches as an adult in the spring, usually May, it is only very short-lived
Stuart Hine with Scolopendra gigantea, giant centipedeNatural History Museum Entomologist, Stuart Hine with a giant centipede which was brought into the Museums Insect Identification service after being found in a living room in London
Scarab beetlesThe largest shown here, (Scarabaeus sacer), was regarded as sacred in ancient Egypt. Today the species are important to agriculture for their dung burying activities
Triatoma infestans, kissing bugThis insect is a member of the Triatomine group, which are associated with the transmission of disease to humans
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa, mole cricketDetail from plate 456 of an illustration of a mole cricket from British Entomology: Original Drawings Vol 10, by John Curtis, 1862
Coleoptera sp. metallic beetlesA pair of gold and silver metallic beetles side by side
Motacilla alba, white wagtailPlate 2 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Lanius collurio, red-backed shrikePlate 15 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Smokejacks Brickworks, SurreySmokejacks Brickworks in Ockley, Surrey shows part of the Upper Weald Clay Formation of Lower Cretaceous (Barremian) age