Invertebrata Collection (page 7)

SEM of echinoderm steroem
A SEM of an example of stereom of an echinoderm (phylum which consists of 5 classes including starfish). Stereom is the structure formed by the fine networks of calcium carbonate which constitute

Agrias claudina, butterfly
Photograph of an Agrias claudina, Family Nymphalidae (Charaxinae)

Dysdera crocata, woodlouse spider
This spider tends to live underneath stones and logs with its main prey being woodlice

Selenaria maculata, bryozoa
An Australian, free living, bryozoan colony capable of walking along the sea floor. With about 2000 members the colony is some 12mm across

Mawsonites spriggi, fossil jellyfish
This is a cast of the holotype of Mawsonites spriggi, a specimen of the Ediacara fauna from the Pre-cambrian of Australia

Theraphosa leblondi, goliath tarantula
This spider, from the northern Amazonia, has a leg-span of 250mm

Dermanyssus gallinae, red or poultry mite
Scanning electron microscope image of the red or poutry mite. Adults appear red when engorged with blood, but otherwise are black, grey or white. Females are about 1mm long

Termite colony
An opened queen cell of Macrotermes showing the queen surrounded by the smaller king and various castes of workers, soldiers and white larvae

Phthiracarus sp. box mite or armadillo mite
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a box mite, showing how the body has fused into one single segment

Biston betularia, peppered moth
Two specimens of the same species of moth illustrating industrial melanism, which is abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin)

Melanoplus spretus. Rocky mountain locust
A 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

Portunus pelagicus, blue swimming crab
Plate 50 from Zoological drawings by Ferdinand Bauer. Ventral view of the large swimming crab native to Indo-Pacific waters

Hydnoceras tuberosum, fossil glass sponge
A vase-shaped, fossil glass (silaceous skeleton) sponge from the Devonian of New York

Coeloptychium agaricoides, fossil sponge
This hexactinellid (six rayed spiculed) sponge originates from the Cretaceous of Westphalia, Germany. It has a maximum diameter 8 cm. Sponges are filter feeders and live on plankton

Papilio panthous, swallowtail
Plate 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, swallowtails
Watercolour by Gerrit Wartenaar Lambertz from the Cramer Drawings Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Pristonychus complanatus, black ground beetle
A mounted black ground beetle specimen from St. Helena, from the Carabidae family. This species is also known as (Laemonstenus complanatus)

Stomoxys calcitrans, stable fly
Original painting of a stable fly by Amadeo J. E. Terzi, (1872-1956)

Necrophorous, Necrodes & Silpha, beetles
Plate 73, illustrations of various beetles from The Coleoptera of the British Islands Vol 3, 1889 by Rev. Canon Fowler

Coccolith
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a Folkestone chalk surface with Cretaceous coccoliths (x2500 on a standard 9 cm wide print)

Dynastes hercules, hercules beetle
A specimen of the hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules), 12 cms long, from the Natural History Museums Entomology Department. This species can be found in Central and South America

Schistosoma nasale, bloodfluke
Scanning electron microscope image of a parasitic bloodfluke or flatworm. Coloured artifically by computer

Pthirus pubis, crab louse
A crab louse with a body length 3.5 mm, this species of louse is known to sometimes infest the human body

Psalidognathus friendi, longhorn beetle
A longhorn beetle from the family (Cerambycidae; Prioninae). Specimen originally from South America, now part of the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Anomala sp. chafer beetle
A shining leaf chafer beetle photographed in Sri Lanka. These beetles feed on leaves, flowers, or flower parts

Nipponites mirabilis, ammonite
This ammonite from the Upper Cretaceous of Japan displays a loose, tangled coil

Noble Chafer

Archispirostreptus gigas, African giant black millipede
An African giant black millipede (Archispirostreptus gigas). This species which is native to sub-tropical and tropical regions of western Africa is one of the worlds largest millipedes which can grow

Liposcelis bostrychophilus, booklouse
A booklouse is any of numerous species of tiny wingless insects which feed on the starches and moulds found on in books and on paper

Schizodactylus monstrosus, monstrous dune cricket
Photograph of Schizodactylus monstrosus

Ornithoptera croesus, Wallaces golden birdwing butterfly
Specimen drawer of golden birdwing butterflys, collected by Alfred Russel Wallace

Gyrodactylus, aquatic parasite
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a monogenean, Gyrodactylus, a small leech-like parasite on the skin of a salmon (x 600)

Phyllium sp. Oriental leaf insect
Leaf insects are characterised a green or brown, flattened body which closely resembles the foliage on which they live

Callicore astarte, eighty eight butterfly
Photograph of the underside of a mounted specimen of (Callicore astarte) known as B.D. in Trinidad. Found in Colombia, Venezuela, tropical South America east of the Andes, and the island of Trinidad

Gasterophilus, horse botfly
The larva of the horse botfly (Gasterophilus) which upon hatching migrate internally where they grow and attach themselves to the stomach wall of horses. Photographed by Martin Hall

Dermatobia hominis, botfly
The larvae of the flesh eating botfly found on a cow, near Pelotas, Brazil. Photographed by Martin Hall

Papilio xuthus, swallowtail butterfly
Photograph of a Natural History Museum mounted specimen of a swallowtail butterfly, viewed from above

Kodonophyllum truncatum, fossil coral
Kodonophyllum truncatum (Linne) from the Silurian period, Dudley, West Midlands, England

Acronicta psi, grey dagger moth caterpillar
Grey dagger moth caterpillars feed on many types of tree and shrub including; birch, lime and hawthorn. The adult moths display black dagger-like markings on their wings

Hippurites radiosus, rudist mollusc shell
Rudist mollusc shells are elongated molluscs and were also reef builders. Specimen dates from the Late Cretaceous, Des Moulins, Charente, France

Oyster shell with pearl
Oyster is a name given to a group of molluscs which can be found on sea beds, often in coastal waters. The pearl, a smooth spherical object can form inside its shell

Pharnacia kirbyi, stick insect
A holotype specimen of a stick insect from Borneo. The head and body measures 13 inches long

Palaemonetes varians, ditch shrimp larva
Larva of the ditch shrimp in stage five of development, just prior to metamorphosis

Dermatophagoides pteronyssius, dust mite
Scanning electron microscope image showing a dust mite (x 250 on standard 9cm wide print). This image has been artificially coloured by a computer

Gigantiops destructor, South American jumping ant
High magnification image made with a scanning electron microscope of the head of a South American jumping ant. Image coloured artificially by a computer

Chalk sea diorama
Diorama of Cretaceous (144 to 65 million years ago) sea floor chalk deposits, and various cephalopods

Five bivalve fossils
(Top) Chlamys fibrosa; (Centre left) Chlamys splendens; (Centre right) Perampliata ampliata; (Lower left) Mytilus ungulatus; (Lower right) Trigonia reticulata

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