Hexapoda Collection (page 11)

Parantica dabrerai from Sulawezi, male, upper side. A butterfly specimen held in the Natural History Museums Entomology Collections

Otus scops, Eurasian scops owl
Plate 33 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Eristalis tenax, drone-fly larvae
Eristalis tenax is one of quite a large group of closely related hover-flies which have rat-tailed maggots, i.e. larvae with an elongated breathing tube at the end of their bodies. E

Numonia pirivorella
A species of moth from the family Pyralidae native to Asia, especially Russia and Japan

Plate 101 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)
Plate 101 from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856

No. 179 & 180 Palilio Erebus
Illustration and caption by John Abbot (1751-1840). Caption reads: Taken from 21st March in Pine Woods, very rare, it flies swift, the female has a broader border of black, this is the male of No

Pineapple with insects
Plate 2 from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium by Maria Sybilla Merian

Variety of eight butterflies
1. Abraxas grossulariata 2. Ditto var. lacticolor 3. The var. doubledayaria of 4. Amphidasys betularia. 5. Dark var. of 6. Hemerophila abruptaria. 7. & 8. Male and female var. sordiata of 9. & 10

Danaus melanippus haruhasa from the Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesia), male, upper side. A butterfly specimen held in the Natural History Museums Entomology Collections

Horse-fly in resin
A horse-fly preserved in resin, no more than a few hundred years old

Papilio, little brown butterfly
Illustration of a little brown butterfly by John Abbot, Tab 277, Volume 16 from the Abbot Collection held in the Natural History Museums Entomology Library

Inachis io, peacock butterfly caterpillar
Picture 1, series A, in a sequence of 6 pictures showing the emergence of a peacock butterfly, beginning its active life as a caterpillar

Insects of Georgia
Plate 182, page 95 Volume 2, Insects of Georgia by John Abbot. 1751 - 1840

Illustration of beetles
Plate 41, an illustration of various beetles from Oriental Entomology 1848 by J. O. Westwood

Turdus torquatus, ring-ouzel
Plate 38 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Chilecomadia valdiviana
A species of moth from the family Cossidae native to South America, especially Chile and Argentina

Calcarius lapponicus alascensis, Lapland longspur
Ff. 80, watercolour by William Ellis from a collection of sketches of Mammals, Birds and Fish made on Captian James Cooks third voyage (1776-1780)

Papilio eubule, brimstone butterfly
Illustration of a brimstone butterfly by John Abbot, Tab 211, Volume 16 from the Abbot Collection held in the Natural History Museums Entomology Library

Inachis io, peacock butterfly, emerging from its pupa
Picture 3, series A, in a sequence of 6 pictures showing the emergence of a peacock butterfly, from its pupa or chyrsalis form

Butterflies painted by H. W. Bates
A butterfly covered page from a notebook of Henry W. Bates relating to the insect fauna of the Amazon Valley or DRW, (1851-1854)

Plate 104 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)
Plate 104 from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856

Carica papaya and Anagallis sp
Tab 3. Papaya, Anagallis and Gramen, from Plantae et Papilliones Rariores, by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770), 1748-1759

Helophorus
Beetle specimen from the Entomology collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Calliphora, bluebottle
A bluebottle laying eggs on carrion

Papilio telamon and Papilio agamemnon, butterflies
An illustration of Chinese butterflies. Plate 26 from Insects of China 1798 by E. Donovan

Poanes, broad grafs skipper butterfly
Illustration of a broad grafs skipper butterfly by John Abbot, Tab 307, Volume 16 from the Abbot Collection held in the Natural History Museums Entomology Library

Papilio, little yellow butterfly
Illustration of a little yellow butterfly by John Abbot, Tab 240, Volume 16 from the Abbot Collection held in the Natural History Museums Entomology Library

Varanus salvator, water monitor
Photograph of a mounted water monitor lizard (Varanus salvator) specimen from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Ideopsis juventa tawaya from Sulawezi, male, upper side. A butterfly specimen held in the Natural History Museums Entomology Collections

Locustella naevia, grasshopper warbler
Plate 78 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Danaus ismare alba from Sulawezi (Indonesia), male, upper side. A butterfly specimen held in the Natural History Museums Entomology Collections

Plate 100 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)
Plate 100 from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856

Poponia merula, cicada
A cicada specimen from the Entomological collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Copal with honey bee
A piece of East African copal with a honey bee, Apis mellifera preserved inside it. Specimen is less than 2 million years old

Argynnis lathonia, Queen of Spain fritillary
From Illustrations of British Butterflies: with occasional figures of the larva, pupa, and food-plant (1878) by Theo Johnson

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

Cyaniris semiargus, mazarine blue
Plate 42 from Illustrations of British butterflies and their larvae, with the plants on which they feed (1892) by Theo Johnson

East African copal
A piece of copal with a crazed surface caused by oxidisation. Preserved inside is a beetle Coleoptera:Oocamenta. Specimen is less than two million years old

Various beetles and arachnids
Drawer of a selection of various entomological specimens from the Sloane Collection at the Natural History Museum, London

Lonchura maja, white-headed munia and an unidentified bird
Plate 261, hand coloured copperplate etching from George Edwards The Gleanings of Natural History, Vol. 2 (1760). Annotated Malacca gros-beak

Baltic amber with caddis fly
A Caddis fly, Trichoptera preserved in Baltic amber. The cracks in the amber are filled with crystals of iron pyrite. Specimen dates from the Upper Eocene

Orchid bee in copal
Orchid bee in Colombian copal (a younger stage of amber). Probabaly less than 2 million years old. Donated by Miguel Caycedo

Anthocharis cardamines, orange tip
Plate 10 from Illustrations of British butterflies and their larvae, with the plants on which they feed, by Theo Johnson, 1892

Lysandra coridon, chalk-hill blue
From Illustrations of British Butterflies: with occasional figures of the larva, pupa, and food-plant (1878) by Theo Johnson

Stonefly in amber
A Stonefly, Plecoptera: Leuctridae preserved in Baltic amber. Specimen dates from the Upper Eocene

Flat-footed beetle in amber
A flat-footed beetle preserved in Dominican amber. This specimen dates from the Lower Miocene period

Camellia with butterflies
Plate 21 (mounted plates) from the John Reeves Collection of Entomological drawings from Canton, China

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