Arthropoda Collection (page 19)

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Plate from an album of unpublished watercolours of Lepidoptera by Eleazar Albin, 1720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Plate from an album of unpublished watercolours of Lepidoptera by Eleazar Albin, 1720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

Dissected male Eriocheir sinensis, Chinese mitten crab
A dissected male mitten crab (eriocheir sinensis), showing the ripening testes. Specimen was collected from the River Thames

Dissected female Eriocheir sinensis, Chinese mitten crab
A dissected female mitten crab (eriocheir sinensis), showing the ripening ovaries. Specimen was collected from the River Thames

Photographed for the Royal Mails Rare and Engangered specie
To be added

Swallowtail butterfly from the collections at the Natural History Museum, London

Trinucleus, a fossil trilobite
The pitted cephalic fringe is clearly seen in this 1.3 cm wide specimen of Trinucleus from the Ordovician of Wales

Stramentum, a fossil barnacle
Cretaceous goose-necked barnacle Stramentum from the Chalk of Kent, England, about 2 cm wide

Trinodus, a fossil trilobite
Measuring less than a cm, this Scottich Ordovician trilobite Trinodus has a much reduced thorax between the larger head and cephalon

Papilio glaucus, Eastern tiger swallowtail
Plate from an album of unpublished watercolours of Lepidoptera by Eleazar Albin, 1720

Arctia caja, garden tiger moth
Photograph of a mounted specimen of the garden tiger moth

Food chains
Illustration from Nature at Work 1978, NHM. Food chains in an oak woodland and on the seashore

Calanoid, planktonic copepod
Copepods are crustaceans which live in oceans and freshwater and which function as an essential link in aquatic food chains

Insects, plants & shells against landscape

Sphecidae sp. digger wasp
Shown here is a fossilized wing of a digger wasp. This specimen is around about 130 million years old and originates from the Cretaceous rock of Surrey, England

Aglais urticae and Polygonia c-album, butterflies

Collembola ocelli, springtail
Scanning electron microscope image of the springtail with simple eyes (x 1.2K)

Lucanus cervus, stag beetle
Also, Macrodontia cervicorn, palm weevil beetle & grub, Rhynchophorus palmarum and other unrelated insects. Plate 48 from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium by Maria Sybilla Merian, 1705

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

Dionaea muscipula, venus flytrap
A carnivorous plant which traps insects when they walk over specialist trigger hairs. The leaves snap closed and stay closed until the insect has been digested

Aranea maxima ceilonica, tarantula
Fig 1, Tab 69, an illustration of a large tarantula spider feeding on its prey from Thesaurus Volume 1, by Albertus Seba

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