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20th Century Art: Wildlife sketch no. 28, by David MeasuresBall 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 beetleLateral 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 ringA ring containing a long-legged fly Diptera: Brachycera: Dolichopodidae. Amber specimen dates from the Upper Eocene about 35 million years old
Entomology SpecimensSection of a specimen tray from the Natural History Museums Entomology Department showing the diversity of insects in terms of shape, size and colours
Phormictopus cancerides, Haitian brown tarantulaThe Haitian brown tarantula (Phormictopus cancerides) is an aggressive bird-eating tarantula. Specimen derives from the Republic of Haiti in the Caribbean
Lingula sp. brachiopodLingula is a genus of brachiopods within the class Lingulata. Lingula has been around for more that 550 million years
Limulus polyphemus, horsehoe crabLS Plate 95 from the John Reeves Collection. John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Liposcelis sp. booklouseTransmitted 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 trayA selection of butterflies showing diversity in colour size and shape. From the collections of the Natural History Museums Entomology Department
Plate 90 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Myrmecodia beccarii, anthouse plantFinished 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 butterflyImage of a mounted specimen of a ulysses butterfly, from Indonesia
Falco subbuteo, Eurasian hobbyPlate 18 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Cretaceous chalk seafloorAn artists impression of a Cretaceous (144 to 65 million years ago) hard chalk seafloor, where an ammonite floats above crinoids, sea urchins, brachiopods, molluscs, and a lobster
Dryococelus australis, Lord Howe stick insectA 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 butterflyPlate 46 from Illustrations of British butterflies and their larvae, with the plants on which they feed (1892) by Theo Johnson
Adenia heterophylla, lacewing vinePlate 60 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)
Papilio machaon, swallowtailPlate 1 from A Life-History of the British Butterflies (1906) Vol 1, by Theo Johnson
Alaptus magnanimus, fairy flyFairy 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, 1766Two men with butterfly nets
Hymenoptera specimensA case containing various Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps and their allies) specimens, held at the Natural History Museum, London
Reduviidae, assassin bugAn assassin bug (Reduviidae) with prey, Sri Lanka
Ornithodoros parkeri, tickVentral views of male and female of this soft tick (Ornithodoros parkeri) from the family Argasidae
Helophorus laticollis, water beetleClose-up shot of a water beetle (Helophorus laticollis). Specimen held in the Natural History Museums Entomology Department
Hazel Pot BeetleTo be filled in
Hystrichopsylla talpae talpae, mole fleaA 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, butterflyThe upperside of the Asterope leprieuri butterfly, Family Nymphalidae (Nymphalinae). Photographed by Harry Taylor
English Insects illustration of Stag beetles by James BarbutIllustrated 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 cePlate 17 from Cabinet of Oriental Entomology, 1848 by John Obadiah Westwood (1805-1893)
Morpho menelaus, Amazonian butterflyAn 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 bugAssassin bugs mainly inhabit tropical regions. They are blood-sucking predatory insects and are usually brightly coloured
Agrias claudina, butterflyPhotograph of an Agrias claudina, Family Nymphalidae (Charaxinae)
Coscinocera hercules, Austrlian hercules mothA pinned specimen of the Australian hercules moth (Coscinocera hercules) (Miskin, 1876). Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London
Acrocinus longimanus, harlequin beetle and Citrus medica, et
Morpho menelaus, blue morpho butterflyPlate 53 from Metamorphosis Insectorum (1705) by Maria Sybilla Merian
Tyrophagus casei, cheese miteScanning electron microscope image of a cheese mite (x 170). These creatures are generally considered to be a pest, however they are added to Altenburger cheese to give it flavour
Dysdera crocata, woodlouse spiderThis spider tends to live underneath stones and logs with its main prey being woodlice
Theraphosa leblondi, goliath tarantulaThis spider, from the northern Amazonia, has a leg-span of 250mm
Dermanyssus gallinae, red or poultry miteScanning electron microscope image of the red or poutry mite. Adults appear red when engorged with blood, but otherwise are black, grey or white. Females are about 1mm long
Termite colonyAn opened queen cell of Macrotermes showing the queen surrounded by the smaller king and various castes of workers, soldiers and white larvae
Phthiracarus sp. box mite or armadillo miteScanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a box mite, showing how the body has fused into one single segment
Biston betularia, peppered mothTwo specimens of the same species of moth illustrating industrial melanism, which is abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin)
Melanoplus spretus. Rocky mountain locustA specimen of the Rocky mountain locust, also called the Rocky mountain grasshopper (Melanoplus spretus). This species that once inhabited the eastern slopes of the Rockies is now extinct
Fig 100. Ceresa bubalus, buffalo tree-hopperAn exploded line drawing of buffalo tree-hopper
Portunus pelagicus, blue swimming crabPlate 50 from Zoological drawings by Ferdinand Bauer. Ventral view of the large swimming crab native to Indo-Pacific waters