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Biodiverse Collection

Background imageBiodiverse Collection: Entomology Specimens

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

Background imageBiodiverse Collection: Entomological specimens of Lepidoptera

Entomological specimens of Lepidoptera
Unidentified photograph of mounted specimens of butterflies and moths

Background imageBiodiverse Collection: Tea estate, Sri Lanka

Tea estate, Sri Lanka
Australian coral tree in a tea estate in Agrapatana, Sri Lanka. Photographed by Harry Taylor

Background imageBiodiverse Collection: LS Plate 192 from the John Reeves Collection

LS Plate 192 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

Background imageBiodiverse Collection: Beetle specimens from the Wallace collection

Beetle specimens from the Wallace collection
Specimens collected by Alfred Russel Wallace now held in the Natural History Museum London

Background imageBiodiverse Collection: Entomology Specimens

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

Background imageBiodiverse Collection: LS Plate 179 from the John Reeves Collection

LS Plate 179 from the John Reeves Collection

Background imageBiodiverse Collection: Hymenoptera specimens

Hymenoptera specimens
A case containing various Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps and their allies) specimens, held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageBiodiverse Collection: A collection of birds feathers

A collection of birds feathers
Contour feathers, wing coverts and tail coverts from several different species of birds

Background imageBiodiverse Collection: Table top of ancient Roman Marbles

Table top of ancient Roman Marbles
This Roman table top is inlaid with large variety of ornamental marble excavated from tombs on Appian Way, a road constructed from Rome to Capua by Appius Claudius Caecus in 312 BC

Background imageBiodiverse Collection: Various shells

Various shells
Plate 1 from Elements of Conchology, or, An Introduction to the Knowledge of Shells, by Emanuel Mendes Da Costa, 1726

Background imageBiodiverse Collection: Plate 110 from the John Reeves Collection

Plate 110 from the John Reeves Collection

Background imageBiodiverse Collection: LS Plate 183 from the John Reeves Collection

LS Plate 183 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

Background imageBiodiverse Collection: LS Plate 13 from the John Reeves Collection

LS Plate 13 from the John Reeves Collection
Large Series plate 13, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China

Background imageBiodiverse Collection: LS Plate 189 from the John Reeves Collection

LS Plate 189 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

Background imageBiodiverse Collection: Various Fruit

Various Fruit
Plate 27 from Le Regne Vegetal, Vol 12, Hort. Atlas (1870). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Entitled Fruits legumieres

Background imageBiodiverse Collection: LS Plate 162 from the John Reeves Collection

LS Plate 162 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

Background imageBiodiverse Collection: Nectaries from various flowers

Nectaries from various flowers
Plate 8 from Le Regne Vegetal. Vol 4 Botanique Atlas 2 (1870). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageBiodiverse Collection: LS Plate 161 from the John Reeves Collection

LS Plate 161 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

Background imageBiodiverse Collection: LS Plate 119 from the John Reeves Collection

LS Plate 119 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

Background imageBiodiverse Collection: Various fungi

Various fungi
Plate 25 from Le Regne Vegetal, Vol 12, Hort. Atlas 1870. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Illustration entitled Cryptogames alimentaires

Background imageBiodiverse Collection: Woodland animals

Woodland animals
Page 32 and 33 from Introducing Ecology Nature at Work

Background imageBiodiverse Collection: Wallaces butterflies

Wallaces butterflies
Display box of butterflies collected by Alfred Russel Wallace during his expedition in the Malay Archipelago

Background imageBiodiverse Collection: Various beetle specimens

Various beetle specimens
A display case showing the diversity of beetles held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageBiodiverse Collection: Entomological specimens of Lepidoptera

Entomological specimens of Lepidoptera
Unidentified photograph of mounted specimens of butterflies and moths

Background imageBiodiverse Collection: Seed specimens

Seed specimens
A variety of seed specimens including castor bean (Ricinus communis) and date palm (Phoenix dactylifera), held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageBiodiverse Collection: Various beetle specimens

Various beetle specimens
A display case showing the diversity of beetles held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageBiodiverse Collection: Egg display in the Bird Gallery of the Natural History Museu

Egg display in the Bird Gallery of the Natural History Museu
Exhibition of bird eggs illustrating the great variety in sizes. This display is part of the Bird gallery at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageBiodiverse Collection: Entomological Specimens

Entomological Specimens
Specimens collected by Alfred Russel Wallace now held in the Natural History Museum London

Background imageBiodiverse Collection: Display of lepidoptera, illustrating variation

Display of lepidoptera, illustrating variation
A collection of moths and butterflies. Only the four in the bottom left corner are butterflies, the rest are unusually colourful moths

Background imageBiodiverse Collection: Coral collection

Coral collection
Part of a coral collection given to HM Queen Elizabeth II on behalf of the people of Queensland, Australia

Background imageBiodiverse Collection: A collection of 20 birds eggs

A collection of 20 birds eggs
A collection of birds eggs showing different sizes and variations. Specimens held at the Natural History Museum at Tring

Background imageBiodiverse Collection: Littorina sp. periwinkle

Littorina sp. periwinkle
A comparison of various periwinkle specimens (Littorina), held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageBiodiverse Collection: Global biodiversity value map

Global biodiversity value map
Map showing the distribution of some of the most highly valued terrestrial biodiversity world-wide (mammals, reptiles, amphibians and seed plants)

Background imageBiodiverse Collection: Collection of birds feathers

Collection of birds feathers
Plate 25 from Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous (1858) by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928)

Background imageBiodiverse Collection: Collection birds eggs

Collection birds eggs
Plate 58 from Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous (1858) by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn

Background imageBiodiverse Collection: Various flowers

Various flowers
Plate 69 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)

Background imageBiodiverse Collection: Silurian seascape

Silurian seascape



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