Arthropoda Collection (page 18)

Phacops rana africanus, trilobite
This trilobite shown in the balled position originated from the Devonian period c. 380-370 million years ago, in the Tifariti area, Spain

Odontodactylus scyallarus, mantis shrimp

Lambris chiragra, spider conch
Watercolour of a spider conch by Sarah Stone (c. 1760-1844) from the collection of Sir Ashton Lever

Green caterpillar & adult moth
See 29704 Erinnyis ello, on Royal/Spanish jasmine, Jasminum grandiflorum, coral snake Corallus enhydris below. Plate 46 from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium by Maria Sybilla Merian

Merops apiaster, European bee-eater
Plate 144 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Blowfly larvae
Mature maggots or larvae of the bluebottle blowfly (Calliphora)

Insects illustration
An illustration of various insects from Sebae Rerum Naturalium (1765) by D Albert Seba

Two species of beetle, with larvae on a Mexican or prickly poppy. Plate 24 from Metamorphosis Insectorum (1705) by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717)

Looper caterpillar
The looper caterpillar is a looper moth larva and is so-called because of the arching movement of its body as it travels

Cadphises moorei
Indo-Australasian butterfly specimen on display at the Natural History Museum at Tring, part of the Natural History Museum, London

Misumena vatia, flower spider
Female flower spiders can adapt their colour to match the flowers they hide on in order to ambush their prey

Scarabaeus rusticus, dung beetle
This species has characteristic orange red antennae and can be seen rolling a worked sphere of dung. Specimen collected on elephant dung in South Africa

Loxodonta africana, African elephant carcass
African elephant viscera, approximately 3-4 days after death, showing abundance of blowfly larvae feeding on the dead tissues. Lower Zambezi National Park, Zambezi Valley, Zambia

Collembola, springtail
Scanning electron microscope image of a springtail head (x 300)

Eurytides marcellus, zebra swallowtail (bottom)
Plate from an album of unpublished watercolours of Lepidoptera by Eleazar Albin, 1720

Troides haliphron, birdwing butterfly
Digital image of the underside of a mounted specimen of a female birdwing butterfly (Troides haliphron) from the family Papilionidae

Pediculus humanus, human head louse
Scanning electron microscope image of a human head louse (x 60). These external parasites use their hook-like claws to grip the hair

Sitophilus granarius, grain weevil
Scanning electron microscope image of a grain weevil (x 50). Note the elongated snout or rostrum, with the chewing mouthparts at the end. These weevils cannot fly. Artificially coloured by computer

Swallowtail butterfly
Plate from an album of unpublished watercolours of Lepidoptera by Eleazar Albin, 1720

Drawings 43-46 from the Watling Collection
43. A native fishing. 44. Comoo bee ornamented after a burial. 45. Ablaroo, a moobee after Balloderreeo funeral. 46. native of New South Wales

Amblyomma sp. hard backed tick
Scanning electron microscope view of a hard backed tick from the family Ixodidae. Coloured artificially on computer

Phosphaenus hemipterus, glow worm
Photograph of a glow worm (Phosphaenus hemipterus)

Papilio sp. banded swallowtail
Plate from an album of unpublished watercolours of Lepidoptera by Eleazar Albin, 1720

Erinnyis alope subspecies dispersa, alope sphinx moth
Photograph of a mounted specimen of a alope sphinx moth, which occurs on the Galapagos Islands

Aglais urticae and Inachis io
Small tortoiseshell and peacock butterflies. Pressed insects prepared by Leonard Plukenet, housed at the Natural History Museum, London

Heteropoda venatoria & Avicularia avicularia
Huntsman spider (Heteropoda venatoria) and pinktoe tarantula (Avicularia avicularia). Engraving made for Metamorphosis Insectorum (1705) by Maria Sybilla Merian

Thysania agrippina, white witch
Caterpillar, cocoon and adults of a white witch moth (Thysania agrippina). Plate 20 from Metamorphosis Insectorum (1705) by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717)

English spiders with butterflies
Watercolour drawing of spiders and butterflies prepared for A Natural History of Spiders and other Curious Insects (1736) by Eleazar Albin

Archispirostreptus spp, giant millipede
All giant millipedes orginate from tropical or sub-tropical environments and may grow up to lengths of 30cm feeding on dead and decaying plant matter

The Honey Bees Nest in an ant hill
At the Seba que River October 1870. Sketch 53 from a collection of original sketches by Thomas Baines, (1859-1871)

Gyrostigma rhinocerontis, rhinoceros stomach botfly
A rhinoceros stomach botfly, collected from Natal collected in October 1995

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