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Fire antWatercolour 405 by the Port Jackson Painter, entitled Mong, from the Watling Collection
SandflySandflies belong to the family Phlebotominae and are responsible of spreading sandfly fever
Astacus astacus Linnaeus, crayfishSuppl. Tb LVI from Insecten-Belustigung 1756-61, Volume 3 by August Johann R von Rosenhof (1705-1759)
Examples of mimicry among butterfliesPlate from On the lepidoptera of the Amazon Valley. Transactions of the Linnean Society, by H.W. Bates, 1862
BeetlesDouble page spread of pencil and watercolour sketches of beetles by Henry Walter Bates
Urogomphus eximus, fossil dragonflyA fossil Jurassic dragonfly about 140 million years old, from the Kimmeridgian Lithographic Stone, Solenhofen, Bavaria, Germany
Butterfly studiesA plate from a field note book of Rose Monteiro depicting butterfly studies
KingfisherPlate 336, hand coloured copperplate etching from George Edwards The Gleanings of Natural History, Vol. 3 (1764). Annotated Crested kingfisher
Ornithoptera alexandrae, Queen Alexandras birdwing butterfly
H. W. Bates illustrated notebookPlate 7 from a notebook of Henry W. Bates (1825-92) relating to the insect fauna of the Amazon Valley or DRW, 1851-1854
Rosa indica (chinensis), China rosePainting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33. Illustration entitled Rosier Bengale the hymenee
Study of plants and flowers. Renaissance art. Drawing
Fulgora laternaria, peanut head bug. How the peanut head bug got its name is self-evident. Its spectacular head is shaped like a peanut and, at six centimetres or so, is almost as long as its body
Specimens collected by Darwin on the voyage of the Beagle 18A case displaying various beetle specimens collected by Charles Darwin during the Beagle voyage, as well as a map of the ships route
Caterpillar eggScanning electron microscope image of a caterpillar egg (x 90), the caterpillar emerges by chewing through the shell (x 350)
Blackfly antennaScanning electron microscope image of a blackfly antenna (x 350). These long sensory organs feel and taste objects as well as sensing vibrations and smells (x 1.1K)
Inachis io Linneaus, peacock butterflyClose up of wing of peacock butterfly from the family Nymphalida. Magnified wing detail from specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London
Plate 13 from Libellulinae Europaeae by de CharpentierIllustration of dragonflies. Plate 13 from Libellulinae Europaeae illustrated and described by Toussaint von Charpentier (1780-1847). 1840
Plate 45 from Libellulinae Europaeae by de CharpentierIllustration of dragonflies. Plate 45 from Libellulinae Europaeae illustrated and described by Toussaint von Charpentier (1780-1847), 1840
Apatura iris, purple emperorPlate 20 from Illustrations of British Butterflies and their Larvae (1892) by Theo Johnson. Cropped image of illustration
Anopheles gambiae, mosquitoScanning electron microscope image showing a close-up of the compound eye of a female mosquito (x 2200 on a standard 9 cm wide print)
Morpho menelaus, blue morphoScanning electron microscope image of the wing scales from the wing of a South American blue morpho butterfly (x 670 on a standard 9 cm wide print)
Gall midge in Baltic amberA gall midge is a fragile mosquito-like fly which produces galls on plants, seen here preserved in Baltic amber. Specimen dates from the Upper Eocene
A Selection of Museum SpecimensSpecimens here include an Entomological tray of insect from the order Orthoptera, a herbarium sheet from Cooks first voyage collected in New South Wales, Australia in 1770 and fish specimens
Chrysolina menthastri, mint leaf beetle eating a mint leafA bronze-green rounded leaf beetle feeding on a mint leaf. These beetles are common in the U.K and favour damp waterside habitats
Bluebottle maggotsNumerous bluebottle fly maggots or larvae feeding on carrion
Libellulium longialata, dragonflyFossil dragonfly from the Late Jurassic (150 million years old), Germany. On display in From the Beginning, Gallery 63, Earth Galleries at the Natural History Museum, London
Morpho menelaus, Cramers blue butterfly
Kunga cakeIn East Africa huge clouds of midges that rise out of the tropical rivers and lakes are caught by the millions and squeezed into solid blocks and cooked as kunga cake
Stag beetlesMale and female stag beetles with pupa. Date: 1865
Calliphora, bluebottleA bluebottle laying eggs on carrion
Common Housefly Date: 1948
Two Grasshoppers
Tabanus aeneus Surcouf, horse flyPlate 67 from a drawings collection of Oriental and African blood-sucking flies.. Watercolour and ink on paper, c.1906 by Grace Edwards (1875-1926). Held in the Library and Archives Date: circa 1906
Unpublished lepidoptera watercolour by Eleazar AlbinPlate from an album of unpublished watercolours of Lepidoptera by Eleazar Albin, 1720. Species depicted have not yet been identified
Carabus intricatus, blue ground beetle
Lycaenidae, hairstreak butterfliesOriginal drawing for a plate in A field guide to the butterflies of the West Indies. Artwork by Brian Hargreaves. This image must not be used without permission from Brian Hargreaves
Limoniscus violaceus, violet click
Dynastes hercules, hercules beetleHercules beetles are from Central and South America are among the longest beetles with males reaching 190 mm (7.5 inches) in length
Euchroma gigantea, giant jewel beetleA specimen of a giant jewel beetle a member of the family (Buprestidae) from South America, from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London
Ornithoptera allottei, birdwing butterflyImage of the underside of a mounted male specimen of a birdwing butterfly (Ornithoptera allottei)
Dicronorhina sp. rose chafer beetleA rose chafer beetle from Africa from the family Scarabaeidae; Cetoniinae. Chafer beetles have a characteristic V-shape where their wings meet and are a member of the same family as dung beetles
The anus of a bot flyScanning electron microscope image of the anus of a bot fly. Image on display in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London
Dermestes lardarius, larder beetleThe larder beetle is a small, dark-coloured beetle with grey and black markings. Body length 7 mm, scale indicated by pin head on the right
Prosopocoilus confucius (Hope), stag beetleDetail of a stag beetle (Prosopocoilus confucius) native to N. India, China and southeast towards Vietnam
Adonis blue butterfly from the collections at the Natural History Museum, London
Aphodius niger, Beaulieu dung beetleA mounted specimen of a Beaulieu dung beetle (Aphodius niger) this beetle has only ever been found in the New Forest, Hampshire
Splendour beetleClose-up of splendour beetle with legs outstretched. Specimen held within the Entomology Department at the Natural History Museum, London