Ephemeroptera Collection

Bill of fare from Crystal Palace, 31 / 12 / 1853
Menu for the dinner in the Iguanodon and original artwork by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, donated by his granddaughter Mary Hawkins

Ephemera danica, mayfly larva
The larval stage of a mayfly lasts about a year, and is spent entirely underwater. When it hatches as an adult in the spring, usually May, it is only very short-lived

Curtis British Entomology Plate 708
Ephemeroptera: Ephemera cognata = Ephemera vulgata [Plant: Callitriche sp. (Callitriche aquatica Sm. Water Star-wort)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 484
Ephemeroptera: Baetis dispar = Ecdyonurus dispar (Dissimilar May-fly) [Plant: Nitella sp. (Nitella hyalina)] Date: 1824-39

Invitation to Dinner in Iguanodon 31 / 12 / 1853
Original artwork by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, donated by his granddaughter Mary Hawkins

Wombwells Royal Menagerie, 1853
A printed poster advertising Wombwells Royal Mengarie visiting Leeds in 1853

Exhibition of a giraffe to the public
A printed poster advertising the last week of the magnificent living Giraffe or camelopardalis with its Nubian attendant

Wombwells Royal National Menagerie
A printed poster advertising Wombwells Royal National Menagerie dated c.1800

Exhibition of a giraffe to the public, Manchester
A printed poster advertising the exhibition of a giraffe from the Surrey Zoological Gardens, displayed in Piccadilly, Manchester

Wombwells Royal National Zoological Establishment

Mayfly in Baltic amber
A well-preserved Mayfly, Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae in Baltic amber. Specimen originates from the Upper Eocene

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