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Male St Helena giant earwigNamed in 1798 by the Danish zoologist Fabricus, Labidura herculeanais theworlds longest earwig speciesreaching up to 78mm in length including its forceps. Date: 1798
Pepsis sp. Tarantula hawkWatercolour and ink from Drawings of Mandibulata Insects of India, Thomas Hardwicke Collection; 1821 Date: 1821
Mucuna with insects in different life stagesHand-coloured engraving based on Maria Sibylla Merian watercolour. From Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, 1726 edition. Date: 1726
Spiders, insects and hummingbird on guava treeHand-coloured engraving based on Maria Sibylla Merian watercolour. From Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, 1726 edition. Date: 1726
Idea tambusisiana, tree-nymphButterfly discovered on the slopes of Gunung Tambusisi on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia in 1981 by Anthony Bedford-Russell. Date: 1981
Wohlfahrtia magnifica, screwworm fly woundChicken with screwworm (Wohlfahrtia sp.) infestation found near Rio Quizer, Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Photographed by Martin Hall
Idea tambusisiana, tree-nymphButterfly discovered on the slopes of Gunung Tambusisi on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia in 1981 by Anthony Bedford-Russell
Icones Ornithopterorum by Robert Rippon, 1816-1917, English zoologist, entomologist and illustrator
Megadytes ducalis, water beetleMegadytes ducalis (Sharp, 1882) is a large freshwater diving beetle found in Brazil. Only known from one specimen, it is one of the rarest beetles in the world
Pieridae sp. sulphur butterfliesOriginal drawing for a plate in A field guide to the butterflies of the West Indies. Artwork by Brian Hargreaves. This picture must not be used without permission from Brian Hargreaves
Phobaeticus chani, Chans megastickGeorge Beccaloni holding the Phobaeticus chani specimen. This stick insect from the island of Borneo measures well over a foot in length, and has been identified as the worlds longest insect
Phobaeticus chani, Chans megastick eggThe egg of Phobaeticus chani, Chans megastick. When grown this stick insect from the island of Borneo measures well over a foot in length, and has been identified as the worlds longest insect
Eumaeus atala, atala butterfly caterpillarAtala caterpillar feeding on cycad plant. These butterflies are native to south Florida, U.S.A. Photographed by Jason D. Weintraub
20th Century Art: Wildlife sketch no. 28, by David MeasuresBall point pen and watercolour. Not wishing to follow traditional methods of scientific illustration, Measures chose to develop a technique which enabled an immediate method of recording his
Acanthocnemus nigricans (Hope), little ash beetleLateral view of the female little ash beetle (Acanthocnemus nigricans). This specimen was collected by G.D. Bryant on 12th January 1905 from the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia
Baltic amber ringA ring containing a long-legged fly Diptera: Brachycera: Dolichopodidae. Amber specimen dates from the Upper Eocene about 35 million years old
Entomology SpecimensSection of a specimen tray from the Natural History Museums Entomology Department showing the diversity of insects in terms of shape, size and colours
Liposcelis sp. booklouseTransmitted light photograph of a booklouse with a body length of 1.2 mm. A booklouse is any of numerous species of tiny wingless insects which feed on the starches and moulds found on in books
Butterfly specimen trayA selection of butterflies showing diversity in colour size and shape. From the collections of the Natural History Museums Entomology Department
Myrmecodia beccarii, anthouse plantFinished watercolour by John Frederick Miller from an outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson, made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Papilio ulysses, ulysses butterflyImage of a mounted specimen of a ulysses butterfly, from Indonesia
Dryococelus australis, Lord Howe stick insectA specimen of the Lord Howe Island stick insect (Dryococelus australis) also known as Lord Howe Island Phasmid, or the land lobster
Polyommatus icarus, common blue butterflyPlate 46 from Illustrations of British butterflies and their larvae, with the plants on which they feed (1892) by Theo Johnson
Papilio machaon, swallowtailPlate 1 from A Life-History of the British Butterflies (1906) Vol 1, by Theo Johnson
Alaptus magnanimus, fairy flyFairy flies are among the tiniest insects on our planet measuring in at around 0.21mm long
Asilidae, robber flies
Hymenoptera specimensA case containing various Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps and their allies) specimens, held at the Natural History Museum, London
Reduviidae, assassin bugAn assassin bug (Reduviidae) with prey, Sri Lanka
Helophorus laticollis, water beetleClose-up shot of a water beetle (Helophorus laticollis). Specimen held in the Natural History Museums Entomology Department
Hazel Pot BeetleTo be filled in
Hystrichopsylla talpae talpae, mole fleaA macro photograph of the largest flea in the UK, the mole flea (Hystrichopsylla talpae talpae), which is common on small mammals throughout the UK
Asterope leprieuri, butterflyThe upperside of the Asterope leprieuri butterfly, Family Nymphalidae (Nymphalinae). Photographed by Harry Taylor
English Insects illustration of Stag beetles by James BarbutIllustrated plate from The Genera Insectorum of Linnaeus exemplified by various specimens of English insects drawn from Nature (1781) by James Barbut
Jumnos ruckeri Saunders (Lamellicornia) (large beetles in cePlate 17 from Cabinet of Oriental Entomology, 1848 by John Obadiah Westwood (1805-1893)
Morpho menelaus, Amazonian butterflyAn iridescent butterfly from the Amazon. Specimen from display at the Natural History Museum at Tring, part of the Natural History Museum, London
Eulyes illustris, assassin bugAssassin bugs mainly inhabit tropical regions. They are blood-sucking predatory insects and are usually brightly coloured
Agrias claudina, butterflyPhotograph of an Agrias claudina, Family Nymphalidae (Charaxinae)
Coscinocera hercules, Austrlian hercules mothA pinned specimen of the Australian hercules moth (Coscinocera hercules) (Miskin, 1876). Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London
Morpho menelaus, blue morpho butterflyPlate 53 from Metamorphosis Insectorum (1705) by Maria Sybilla Merian
Termite colonyAn opened queen cell of Macrotermes showing the queen surrounded by the smaller king and various castes of workers, soldiers and white larvae
Biston betularia, peppered mothTwo specimens of the same species of moth illustrating industrial melanism, which is abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin)
Melanoplus spretus. Rocky mountain locustA specimen of the Rocky mountain locust, also called the Rocky mountain grasshopper (Melanoplus spretus). This species that once inhabited the eastern slopes of the Rockies is now extinct
Fig 100. Ceresa bubalus, buffalo tree-hopperAn exploded line drawing of buffalo tree-hopper
Papilio panthous, swallowtailPlate 18 from Insects of India by Edward Donovan (1768-1837)
Clown beetle specimen from the family Histeridae held at the Natural History Museum, London
Papilio sp. and Cymothoe althea, swallowtailsWatercolour by Gerrit Wartenaar Lambertz from the Cramer Drawings Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Pristonychus complanatus, black ground beetleA mounted black ground beetle specimen from St. Helena, from the Carabidae family. This species is also known as (Laemonstenus complanatus)