Insecta Collection (page 4)

Caterpillars & pupa, Margaret Fountaine
Page 11 from bound volume. Watercolour and ink on paper, 1909 by Margaret Elizabeth Fountaine (1862-1940). Held in the Library and Archives Date: 1909

Male St Helena giant earwig
Named in 1798 by the Danish zoologist Fabricus, Labidura herculeanais theworlds longest earwig speciesreaching up to 78mm in length including its forceps. Date: 1798

Goliathus goliatus, goliath beetle
An x-ray image of the goliath beetle, Goliathus goliatus, showing shotgun wounds

Pepsis sp. Tarantula hawk
Watercolour and ink from Drawings of Mandibulata Insects of India, Thomas Hardwicke Collection; 1821 Date: 1821

Mucuna with insects in different life stages
Hand-coloured engraving based on Maria Sibylla Merian watercolour. From Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, 1726 edition. Date: 1726

Spiders, insects and hummingbird on guava tree
Hand-coloured engraving based on Maria Sibylla Merian watercolour. From Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, 1726 edition. Date: 1726

Sketchbooks of Lepidoptera, Margaret Fountaine
Various larvae and pupae watercolours with descriptions, 1933-35 Date: 1933

Idea tambusisiana, tree-nymph
Butterfly discovered on the slopes of Gunung Tambusisi on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia in 1981 by Anthony Bedford-Russell. Date: 1981

Wohlfahrtia magnifica, screwworm fly wound
Chicken with screwworm (Wohlfahrtia sp.) infestation found near Rio Quizer, Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Photographed by Martin Hall

Idea tambusisiana, tree-nymph
Butterfly discovered on the slopes of Gunung Tambusisi on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia in 1981 by Anthony Bedford-Russell

Icones Ornithopterorum by Robert Rippon, 1816-1917, English zoologist, entomologist and illustrator

Megadytes ducalis, water beetle
Megadytes ducalis (Sharp, 1882) is a large freshwater diving beetle found in Brazil. Only known from one specimen, it is one of the rarest beetles in the world

Pieridae sp. sulphur butterflies
Original drawing for a plate in A field guide to the butterflies of the West Indies. Artwork by Brian Hargreaves. This picture must not be used without permission from Brian Hargreaves

Phobaeticus chani, Chans megastick
George Beccaloni holding the Phobaeticus chani specimen. This stick insect from the island of Borneo measures well over a foot in length, and has been identified as the worlds longest insect

Phobaeticus chani, Chans megastick egg
The egg of Phobaeticus chani, Chans megastick. When grown this stick insect from the island of Borneo measures well over a foot in length, and has been identified as the worlds longest insect

Eumaeus atala, atala butterfly caterpillar
Atala caterpillar feeding on cycad plant. These butterflies are native to south Florida, U.S.A. Photographed by Jason D. Weintraub

20th Century Art: Wildlife sketch no. 28, by David Measures
Ball point pen and watercolour. Not wishing to follow traditional methods of scientific illustration, Measures chose to develop a technique which enabled an immediate method of recording his

Acanthocnemus nigricans (Hope), little ash beetle
Lateral view of the female little ash beetle (Acanthocnemus nigricans). This specimen was collected by G.D. Bryant on 12th January 1905 from the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia

Baltic amber ring
A ring containing a long-legged fly Diptera: Brachycera: Dolichopodidae. Amber specimen dates from the Upper Eocene about 35 million years old

Entomology Specimens
Section of a specimen tray from the Natural History Museums Entomology Department showing the diversity of insects in terms of shape, size and colours

Liposcelis sp. booklouse
Transmitted light photograph of a booklouse with a body length of 1.2 mm. A booklouse is any of numerous species of tiny wingless insects which feed on the starches and moulds found on in books

Tirumala ishmoides ishmoides from Sulawezi, male, upper side. A butterfly specimen held in the Natural History Museums Entomology Collections

Butterfly specimen tray
A selection of butterflies showing diversity in colour size and shape. From the collections of the Natural History Museums Entomology Department

Myrmecodia beccarii, anthouse plant
Finished watercolour by John Frederick Miller from an outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson, made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Papilio ulysses, ulysses butterfly
Image of a mounted specimen of a ulysses butterfly, from Indonesia

Dryococelus australis, Lord Howe stick insect
A specimen of the Lord Howe Island stick insect (Dryococelus australis) also known as Lord Howe Island Phasmid, or the land lobster

Polyommatus icarus, common blue butterfly
Plate 46 from Illustrations of British butterflies and their larvae, with the plants on which they feed (1892) by Theo Johnson

Papilio machaon, swallowtail
Plate 1 from A Life-History of the British Butterflies (1906) Vol 1, by Theo Johnson

Alaptus magnanimus, fairy fly
Fairy flies are among the tiniest insects on our planet measuring in at around 0.21mm long

Asilidae, robber flies

Frontispiece from The Aurelian, by Moses Harris, 1766
Two men with butterfly nets

Hymenoptera specimens
A case containing various Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps and their allies) specimens, held at the Natural History Museum, London

Reduviidae, assassin bug
An assassin bug (Reduviidae) with prey, Sri Lanka

Helophorus laticollis, water beetle
Close-up shot of a water beetle (Helophorus laticollis). Specimen held in the Natural History Museums Entomology Department

Hazel Pot Beetle
To be filled in

Hystrichopsylla talpae talpae, mole flea
A macro photograph of the largest flea in the UK, the mole flea (Hystrichopsylla talpae talpae), which is common on small mammals throughout the UK

Asterope leprieuri, butterfly
The upperside of the Asterope leprieuri butterfly, Family Nymphalidae (Nymphalinae). Photographed by Harry Taylor

English Insects illustration of Stag beetles by James Barbut
Illustrated plate from The Genera Insectorum of Linnaeus exemplified by various specimens of English insects drawn from Nature (1781) by James Barbut

Jumnos ruckeri Saunders (Lamellicornia) (large beetles in ce
Plate 17 from Cabinet of Oriental Entomology, 1848 by John Obadiah Westwood (1805-1893)

Morpho menelaus, Amazonian butterfly
An iridescent butterfly from the Amazon. Specimen from display at the Natural History Museum at Tring, part of the Natural History Museum, London

Eulyes illustris, assassin bug
Assassin bugs mainly inhabit tropical regions. They are blood-sucking predatory insects and are usually brightly coloured

Agrias claudina, butterfly
Photograph of an Agrias claudina, Family Nymphalidae (Charaxinae)

Coscinocera hercules, Austrlian hercules moth
A pinned specimen of the Australian hercules moth (Coscinocera hercules) (Miskin, 1876). Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Morpho menelaus, blue morpho butterfly
Plate 53 from Metamorphosis Insectorum (1705) by Maria Sybilla Merian

Agrias claudina, butterfly
Photograph of an Agrias claudina, Family Nymphalidae (Charaxinae)

Termite colony
An opened queen cell of Macrotermes showing the queen surrounded by the smaller king and various castes of workers, soldiers and white larvae

Biston betularia, peppered moth
Two specimens of the same species of moth illustrating industrial melanism, which is abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin)

Maculinea arion, large blue butterfly
Mounted specimens of the large blue butterfly, family Lycaenidae from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

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