Crawly Collection

Heteropoda venatoria, huntsman spider
This a large brown spider with a flattened body structure and a leg span of between 7 and 12 cm. These spiders hunt at night, and mainly prey upon cockroaches

English Insects illustration by James Barbut
Illustrated plate from The Genera Insectorum of Linnaeus exemplified by various specimens of English insects drawn from Nature (1781) by James Barbut

English Insects illustration of Stag beetles by James Barbut
Illustrated plate from The Genera Insectorum of Linnaeus exemplified by various specimens of English insects drawn from Nature (1781) by James Barbut

Dytiscus marginalis, great diving beetle (male)

English Insects illustration of Longhorn beetles by James Ba
Illustrated plate from The Genera Insectorum of Linnaeus exemplified by various specimens of English insects drawn from Nature (1781) by James Barbut. Date: 1781

English Insects illustration by James Barbut
Illustrated plate from The Genera Insectorum of Linnaeus exemplified by various specimens of English insects drawn from Nature (1781) by James Barbut. Date: 1781

Blaps mucronata, cellar or churchyard beetle
Illustrated plate from The Genera Insectorum of Linnaeus exemplified by various specimens of English insects drawn from Nature (1781) by James Barbut

English Insects illustration of Minotaur beetles and Cockcha
Illustrated plate from The Genera Insectorum of Linnaeus exemplified by various specimens of English insects drawn from Nature (1781) by James Barbut

Dytiscus marginalis, great diving beetle (female)
Illustrated plate from The Genera Insectorum of Linnaeus exemplified by various specimens of English insects drawn from Nature (1781) by James Barbut

Hydrophilus piceus, great silver water beetle
Illustrated plate from The Genera Insectorum of Linnaeus exemplified by various specimens of English insects drawn from Nature (1781) by James Barbut

English Insects illustration by James Barbut
Illustrated plate from The Genera Insectorum of Linnaeus exemplified by various specimens of English insects drawn from Nature (1781) by James Barbut

Tegenaria gigantia, house spider
Its usually the males which are seen struggling in baths, as they tend to wander in searching for females and get stuck. The males have longer legs and slimmer abdomens that the females

Psittaculirostris desmarestii, large fig parrot
Plate 35 from Louis-Isidore Duperreys Voyage de la Coquille 1822-1825, Zoologie Atlas, (1826). From drawings made during his voyage to Chile, Peru, Polynesia, Indoneasia

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