Beetle Collection

Poster, Keep ceaseless watch for Colorado Beetle
Ministry of Agriculture poster, Keep ceaseless watch for Colorado Beetle, they can destroy our potato crops. circa late 1930s

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

Chrysina limbata, silver chafer beetle
Silver chafer beetle specimen. The beetles have a base pigment covered by several colourless microscopically thin layers called laminae

Beetles
Double page spread of pencil and watercolour illustrations and sketches of beetles by Henry Walter Bates

British Beetles
A poster of beetle specimens selected for The Boys Own Paper by Watkins and Doncaster, naturalists

Ocypus olens, devils coach horse beetle model
A large scale model of the devils coach horse beetle (Ocypus olens). A beetle that is commonly found beneath logs. Held within the Natural History Museum, London

Cladognathus sp. stag beetle
A specimen of a large stag beetle from Asia. Stag beetles belong to the family (Lucanidae). Only male stag beetles have horns or antlers

Longhorn beetle

Stag Beetle
A rather handsome stag beetle spreads its wings

Beetle illustrations
Double page spread of pencil and watercolour illustrations of beetles by Henry Walter Bates

20th Century Art: Weevil (Rhopalomesites tardyi), 1998 by Ma
Watercolour. Russell is an example of a scientist turned artist. Trained initially as an entomologist his combined love of beetles and art resulted in a series of exceptional drawings of weevils

Beetles and Butterflies
Insects of the English countryside - including Stag Beetle (lucanus), Tiger Beetle (cicindelida) and a variety of butterflies and moths (lepidoptera)

A fine ripe Pomelo, peeled and cut ornamentally for table
Watercolour by Olivia Fanny Tonge 1858-1949. 180 x 260mm. From one of sixteen sketchbooks presented to the Museum in 1952

Hydroporus rufifrons, diving beetle
Close-up shot of a diving beetle (Hydroporus rufifrons). Specimen held in the Natural History Museums Entomology Department

Scarab beetles
The largest shown here, (Scarabaeus sacer), was regarded as sacred in ancient Egypt. Today the species are important to agriculture for their dung burying activities

Coleoptera sp. metallic beetles
A pair of gold and silver metallic beetles side by side

Hercules Beetle Etc
The HERCULES beetle, SCARABAEUS TITYUS and others, depicted in their natural habitat

Autocar Poster -- Gordon Bennett race
Autocar Poster -- Thery driving a Richard-Brasier car to win the Gordon Bennett race for France. Seen here after overtaking a Wolseley Beetle driven by Cs Rolls for the British team. Date: 1905

Plate from The Natural History of Carolina by Mark Catesby
Illustration from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol 1 by Mark Catesby (1683-1749)

Modern Zodia: Scorpio
The Modern Zodiac: An Artists Almanac of English Society. A woman wearing a headdress of autumn leaves surrounded by scenes of fox hunting, college life & the new seasons ale

Specimens collected by Darwin on the voyage of the Beagle 18
A case displaying various beetle specimens collected by Charles Darwin during the Beagle voyage, as well as a map of the ships route

Chrysolina menthastri, mint leaf beetle eating a mint leaf
A bronze-green rounded leaf beetle feeding on a mint leaf. These beetles are common in the U.K and favour damp waterside habitats

Cochineal beetle, Dactylopius coccus, on a
Cochineal beetle, Dactylopius coccus (Coccus cacti) on a prickly pear cactus, Opuntia species. Handcoloured lithograph from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History

Spanish fly, wasp beetle and long-horn beetles
Spanish fly beetle, Lytta vesicatoria 1, wasp beetle, Clytus arietis 2, Altica equinoctialis 3, Clytra quadripunctata 4, longhorn beetles, Chlorida festiva 5 and Trachyderes succinctus 6

Rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus (Fork-horned beetle, Scarabaeus dichotomus). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Rare south west Indian Stag Beetle - Odontolabis delesserti (male). Date: circa 1920s

Stag beetles
Male and female stag beetles with pupa. Date: 1865

Victorian scrap, heron, frog, snail and beetle (and another bird in the water) Date: late 19th century

Fumigating Westminster Hall, 1971
Canisters of pesticide in smoke form being used by the Department of the Environment in 1971 to fumigate Westminster Hall in London

Curtis British Entomology Plate 387
Coleoptera: *Anobium pertinax Linn. (Obstinate Death-watch Beetle). Binomial not located in 20th Century British checklists. Perhaps A

Guide to afterlife for Amunem-wija. Egypt
Guide to afterlife for Amunem-wija, chief of the domain. Papyrus. Third Intermediate Period. 21st Dynasty. 1075-946 BC. Thebes, Egypt. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany

Painted wooden stela of Neswy. Egypt
Painted wooden stela of Neswy with his Ba at the top. The scenes shown arranged in horizontal bands, from top to bottom, the winged solar disk flanked by the goddesses Nekhbet

POET WRITING IN GARRET
A poet writing in a garret (illustration to The Poet and the Death-Watch Beetle) Date: 1761

PTINUS FATIDICUS Death-watch beetle, believed to foretell a death in the house when they are heard tapping on wood Date: 1805

View of the Town and Harbour, Gibraltar. Date: circa 1978

Tiger beetles, varied carpet beetle, etc
Tiger beetles, Cicindela sinuata 1, Cicindela campestris 2, Cicindela sexguttata 3, Nitidula sanguinolenta 4, varied carpet beetle, Telephore flavipede 5, Anthrenus verbasci 6

Malachite beetle, net winged beetle, etc
Malachite beetle, Malachius bipustulatus 1, net-winged beetles, Lycus melanurus 2, Lycus punctatus 3, Saperda punctata 4, Saperda species 5, Trichodes octopunctatus 6 and Trichodes apiarius 7

Rove and chafer beetles
Lampyris beetle, rove beetle, Staphylinus erythropterus 2, Staphylinus species 3, Ampedus sanguineus 4, Silpha pedemonta 5, Temnoscheila virescens 6, and rose chafer, Cetonia aurata 7

Ground beetle, scarab and cockchafer
Dytiscus bimaculatus 1, scarab 2, cockchafer, Melolontha melolontha 3, Cantharis beetle 4, Carabus sexpunciatus 5 and Omophron limbatum 6

Weevils and beetles
Weevils: Eudomychus striata 1, Calandra hemiptera 2, pleasing fungus beetle, Erotylus species 3, Chrysomela striata 4, Acalymma vittatum 5, Chrysomela arcuata 6 and Eumorphus marginata 7

Leaf beetles, Galeruca species 1, Aulacophora analis 2, Cyclotrypema furcata 3, Donacia vittata 4, flat bark beetle, Cucujus clavipes 5, Pyrrhidium sanguineum 6 and Chlorophorus varius 7

Dogbane beetle, banksia jewel beetle, etc
Dogbane beetle, Chrysochus auratus 1, Hoplia argentea 2, banksia jewel beetle, Cyrioides imperialis 3, Eumolpus fulgidus 4, and Eumolpus surinamensis 5

Marsh beetle, jewel beetle, rose chafer, etc
Marsh beetle, Elodes 1, Harpalus beetle 2, jewel beetle, Buprestis 3, flea beetle, Altica famelica 4, and rose chafer, Cetonia species 5

Calligraphic title and vignette of beehive with bees
Title page with calligraphic title and vignette of beehive with bees. Handcoloured stipple engraving by Pancrace Bessa from Charles Malos Les Insectes, The Insects, Louis Janet, Paris, 1820

Fairy and child with Easter egg and stag beetle. 1930

Fiery searcher beetle, Calosoma scrutator
Fiery searcher beetle or caterpillar hunter, Calosoma scrutator. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leachs Zoological Miscellany

American burying beetle, Nicrophorus americanus
American burying beetle or giant carrion beetle, Nicrophorus americanus, critically endangered, and Necrophorus medianus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn

King Christmas beetle and Christmas beetle
King Christmas beetle, Anoplognathus viridiaeneus, and Christmas beetle, Anoplognathus viriditarsis (Green brassy rutela, Rutela viridi-aenea, and green-footed rutela, Rutela viridi-tarsis)

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