Anisoptera Collection

Plate 17 from Libellulinae Europaeae by de Charpentier
Illustration of dragonflies. Plate 17 from Libellulinae Europaeae illustrated and described by Toussint de Charpentier, 1840

Dragonflies and damselflies from Collection of Drawings by Dutch Artists, 17th-19th centuries. Held in the Entomology Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Urogomphus eximus, fossil dragonfly
A fossil Jurassic dragonfly about 140 million years old, from the Kimmeridgian Lithographic Stone, Solenhofen, Bavaria, Germany

Tupus diluculum, Bolsover dragonfly
Painting of Tupus diluculum (Bolsover dragonfly), a giant dragonfly from the Upper Carboniferous (354 to 290 mya)

Plate 13 from Libellulinae Europaeae by de Charpentier
Illustration of dragonflies. Plate 13 from Libellulinae Europaeae illustrated and described by Toussaint von Charpentier (1780-1847). 1840

Plate 45 from Libellulinae Europaeae by de Charpentier
Illustration of dragonflies. Plate 45 from Libellulinae Europaeae illustrated and described by Toussaint von Charpentier (1780-1847), 1840

Libellulium longialata, dragonfly
Fossil dragonfly from the Late Jurassic (150 million years old), Germany. On display in From the Beginning, Gallery 63, Earth Galleries at the Natural History Museum, London

Asilidae, robber flies

Migrant Hawker (lower), Brown Hawker (upper)
Watercolour on vellum, c.late 17th century Rachel Ruysch (1664-1750). From the collection of Insect paintings by Dutch Artists 17th-19th Century. Held in the Library and Archives

Turanophlebia, fossil dragonfly
With a wingspan close to 7 cm, Turanophlebia is one of several dragonflies rrecorded from the Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone of Bavaria

Aeschna pilosa, dragonfiles
Plate 21, an illustration of two dragonflies from Libellulinae Europaeae 1840 by Toussaint de Charpentier

Detail of terracotta moulding of a dragonfly in the Waterhou
The Waterhouse Buiding at the Natural History Museum, London was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Dragonflies and Fish
Dragonflies from Libellulinae Europaeae by Toussaint de Charpenter, 1840. Fish from Voyage de la Coquille, Zoology Atlas II by Duperrey

Libellula depressa, broad-bodied chaser
A male broad-bodied chaser dragonfly (Libellula depressa). Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Plate 101 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)
Plate 101 from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856

Rose with butterfly and dragonfly
Plate 13 (mounted plates) from the John Reeves Collection of Entomological drawings from Canton, China

Cymatophlebia longialata, fossil dragonfly

Aeshna sp. dragonflies
Dragonflies illustrated and described by Toussaint de Charpentier in Libellulinae europaeae descriptae e depictae (1840)

Anax imperator, emperor dragonfly egg
This spindle-shaped egg of the emperor dragonfly is typical of a species that lays its eggs inside the stems or leaves of plants. Next to the egg is the prolarva

Sympetrum striolatum, common darter dragonfly
Emerging from the larval skin, which may take over two hours. The head and thorax begin to burst out of the larval skin

Plate 22 from Libellulinae Europaeae by de Charpentier
Illustration of dragonflies. Plate 22 from Libellulinae Europaeae illustrated and described by Toussaint von Charpentier (1780-1847), 1840

Plate 15 from Libellulinae Europaeae by de Charpentier
Illustration of dragonflies. Plate 15 from Libellulinae Europaeae illustrated and described by Toussint de Charpentier, 1840

Plate 11 from Libellulinae Europaeae by de Charpentier
Illustration of dragonflies. Plate 11 from Libellulinae Europaeae illustrated and described by Toussint de Charpentier, 1840

Plate 18 from Libellulinae Europaeae by de Charpentier
Illustration of dragonflies. Plate 18 from Libellulinae Europaeae illustrated and described by Toussint de Charpentier, 1840

Plate 30 from Libellulinae Europaeae by de Charpentier
Illustration of dragonflies. Plate 30 from Libellulinae Europaeae illustrated and described by Toussint de Charpentier, 1840

Dragonfly from decorative ceiling panels

Hawker dragonfly
A hawker dragonfly at rest, photographed in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London

Erasipteron bolsoveri, dragonfly
Impression from the wing of an extinct dragonfly-like insect found by Malcolm Spenser in Bolsover coal mine in 1978

Morning Glory with butterflies & dragonfly
An illustration from the John Reeves Collection of Entomological Drawings (Bound)

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