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A fine ripe Pomelo, peeled and cut ornamentally for tableWatercolour by Olivia Fanny Tonge 1858-1949. 180 x 260mm. From one of sixteen sketchbooks presented to the Museum in 1952
St. Cuthberts Beads - rosary made from crinoid columnalsUnidentified crinoid columnals used as beads for jewellery. Specimens from the Carboniferous Yoredale Shales, Ribblehead, Yorkshire
Hydroporus rufifrons, diving beetleClose-up shot of a diving beetle (Hydroporus rufifrons). Specimen held in the Natural History Museums Entomology Department
Argonauta hians, brown paper nautilusA pair of brown paper nautilus (Argonauta hians). This delicate-shelled cephalopod is distributed in warm seas globally
Ornithoptera croesus, Wallaces golden birdwing butterfly
Ephemera danica, mayfly larvaThe 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
Stuart Hine with Scolopendra gigantea, giant centipedeNatural History Museum Entomologist, Stuart Hine with a giant centipede which was brought into the Museums Insect Identification service after being found in a living room in London
Scarab beetlesThe largest shown here, (Scarabaeus sacer), was regarded as sacred in ancient Egypt. Today the species are important to agriculture for their dung burying activities
Triatoma infestans, kissing bugThis insect is a member of the Triatomine group, which are associated with the transmission of disease to humans
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa, mole cricketDetail from plate 456 of an illustration of a mole cricket from British Entomology: Original Drawings Vol 10, by John Curtis, 1862
Coleoptera sp. metallic beetlesA pair of gold and silver metallic beetles side by side
Coral Gallery c. 1895Photograph of coral display cases by Anthony Gepp. The Coral Gallery opened in 1881 in the West Wing of the Waterhouse Building. Date: 1881
Thespesia populnea, portia treeFinished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Smokejacks Brickworks, SurreySmokejacks Brickworks in Ockley, Surrey shows part of the Upper Weald Clay Formation of Lower Cretaceous (Barremian) age
Calymene blumenbachii brongniart, trilobiteThis trilobite originates from the 425 million year old Devonian Wenlock Limestone, Dudley, Worcestershire
Peppered mothTwo specimens of peppered moths exhibited on a soot-covered tree. This is a good demonstration of genetic selection through changing environment
Nautilus pompilius, common nautilusA section through a common nautilus (Nautilus pompiius) showing the internal divisions into chambers and siphuncles
Bill of fare from Crystal Palace, 31 / 12 / 1853Menu for the dinner in the Iguanodon and original artwork by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, donated by his granddaughter Mary Hawkins
Phacops, a fossil trilobiteThis Moroccan Devonian Phacops is enrolled, measuring 4.5 cm in width, and has a glabella covered in tubercles
Henry Walter Bates (1825-1892) see 51935Bates collections and notebooks are held at the Natural History Museum, London. Bates is best known for his publication Naturalis on the River Amazon (1863) and his work on mimicry
Fire antWatercolour 405 by the Port Jackson Painter, entitled Mong, from the Watling Collection
Glaucus atlanticus, blue sea slugFf. 23 Vol 3. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771
Physalia pelagica, Portugese-man-of-warIllustration by Rene Primevcre Lesson from Voyage of the Coquille (1826-1338)
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)
Dalmanites, a fossil trilobiteThis example of the Silurian trilobite Dalmanites, 4.2 cm long, shows to perfection the complex dorsal exoskeleton of these extinct arthropods
Phragmites australis (Cav. ), common reedA herbarium sheet containing Phragmites australis (Cav.), a common reed which grows in wetlands throughout the America, Europe and parts of Asia. This specimen is from Panama
Examples of mimicry among butterfliesPlate from On the lepidoptera of the Amazon Valley. Transactions of the Linnean Society, by H.W. Bates, 1862
Acanthoica acanthifera, coccosphereScanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a coccosphere, collected in the North Atlantic (x 25, 000 on negative). Artificially coloured by computer
Pentrimites robustus, blastoidSide view of a specimen from the Carboniferous (Mississipian), Illinois, USA - length 4 cm. Blastoids are extinct marine invertabrates belonging to the Phylum Echinodermata
Oligonychus ununguis, red spider miteRed spider mites are arachnids with four pairs of legs and no antennae. They are a plant-sucking pest mainly active in the hot summer weather
Tylocidaris clavigera, sea urchinA fossil echinoid (Tylocidaris clavigera) from the Cretaceous rocks of Gravesend, England
Globorotalia scitula, foraminifera fossilScanning electron microscope (SEM) image showing a fossilised planktonic species of foraminifera
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
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
Belemnotheutis antiquus, squidA well-preserved Upper Jurassic squid aged 160 million years. This specimen originates from Christian Malford, Wiltshire
Asaphus (Neoasaphus) kowalewskii, stalk- eyed trilobiteA complete 3-dimensional stalk-eyed trilobite measuring about 5 cms, discovered at Wolchow River, near St. Petersburgh, Russia. The specimen dates back to the Middle Ordovician period
Seven squid and octopusesTableau 2 from Albertus Sebas Thesaurus, Vol 3, 1759
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
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
Emiliana huxleyi, coccolithScanning electron microscope image of a complete sphere of coccoliths from modern oceans. These are thin calcite shells protecting the coccolithophore within
Temnocidaris sceptrifera, fossil echinoidTemnocidaris (Stereocidaris) sceptrifera, 5.5 cm in diameter, from the Cretaceous Chalk of Hertfordshire, England, apical view
CrinoidsCriniods lived during the Lower Jurassic period. Their modern equivalents include echinoderms such as seaurchins, starfish and sea cucumbers
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)
