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Papilio palinurus, emerald swallowtailSEM image of an emerald swallowtails wing
Bombus pascorum, common carder beeA female Bombus pascorum, common carder bee visiting a plant in the wildlife garden
Artogeia napi, green-veined whiteSEM image of the wing of a Artogeia napi, green-veined white butterfly
Letter from A. R. Wallace to his mother, 28 May 1854Page 2 of a letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to his mother about sending beetles to his agent Mr Stevens, future travel plans and his daily routine as a collector, dated May 1854
Shipworm boringsThis block of wood was attacked by Teredo navalis, common shipworm about 50 million years ago
Papilio hyllusPlate 93 taken from De Uitlandsche Kapellen by Pieter Cramer, 1721-1776
Asian mothFrom a collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, painted from life for J. G. Loten, Dutch Governor of Ceylon (1752-1757) by P. C
Spider-hunting waspA spider-hunting wasp wedging her prey between grass blades before making a burrow
Belemnotheutis antiquusA well-preserved Upper Jurassic squid aged 160 million years. This specimen originates from the famous clay deposits in Wiltshire
Pieris rapae, small whiteSEM image of the wing of a small white butterfly
Sir John Lubbocks pet waspSir John Lubbock (1834 - 1913) caught this wasp in the Pyrenees and kept it as a pet until its death 10 months later
Beetle illustrationTable 237 of A Natural History of Jamaica (1725) by Sir Hans Sloane
Moduza nuydai, butterflyPhotograph of the Moduza nuydai, Family Nymphalidae (Limenitidinae). Photographed by Harry Taylor
Euplagia quadripunctaria, Jersey tiger mothPhotograph of the brightly coloured and patterned Jersey tiger moth, found in the museum wildlife garden
Turritella agate
Drawer from Insect Collection of Sir Joseph Banks (1743 - 18A collection of more than 4, 000 insects, including butterflies, flies, bugs and moths
Alaruasa violacea, tailed wax bugThe tailed wax bug does not actually have a tail at all, because the exraordinary growth behind it is pure wax, secreted from the abdomen in tiny amounts throughout its life
Crenidomimas concordia, butterflyPhotograph of the upperside of a Crenidomimas concordia, Family Nymphalidae (Nymphalinae). Photographed by Harry Taylor
Mollusc, Trophon longstaffi
Stethophyma grossum, large marsh grasshopper. Male specimen
Papilio machaon, old world swallowtailSEM image of Papilio machaon wing
Exhibition of a giraffe to the publicA printed poster advertising the last week of the magnificent living Giraffe or camelopardalis with its Nubian attendant
Mollusca drawingsPlate 1 of Volume II of the British Anarctic (Terra Nova) Natural History reports
Opalised snails and clamFound in the South Australia town of Coober Pedy, these ancient snail and clam shells have been preserved in semi-precious opal
Eocarcinus, the oldest crab fossil ever foundThree centimetres long and only a little longer than a finger nail. Discovered in Gloucestershire in the nineteenth century. This crab lived 180 million years ago
Insectorvum sive Minimorum Animalium Theatrvm, E. Wottono, C. GPage 161 of Insectorvum sive Minimorum Animalium Theatrvm, E.Wottono, C.Gesnero, T.Pennio, 1634
Nymphalidae sp. butterfliesOriginal drawing for a plate in A field guide to the butterflies of Britain and Europe. Artwork by Brian Hargreaves. This picture must not be used without permission from Brian Hargreaves
Cuttlefish dissection drawingTable LI, taken from Bibel der Natur byJan Swammerdamm
Heliconius doris, doris longwingSEM image of Heliconius doris wing
Crenidomimas concordia, butterflyPhotograph of the underside of a Crenidomimas concordia, Family Nymphalidae (Nymphalinae). Photographed by Harry Taylor
Glove knitted from the beard threads of the pen shell (PinMade in the 1700s from the beard threads of the pen shell (Pinna nobilis), a large Mediterranean mollusc
Pollicipes mitellaThese barnacles were collected by Hugh Cuming who is mostly known for collecting shells. He gave Darwin his barnacle collection to study
Crepidula, slipper limpetsSlipper limpets collected by Charles Darwin in Chile on the Beagle voyage (1831-1836)
Cambrian trilobites from the Falkland IslandsTrilobites from a cobble of archaeocyathan limestone from Port Purvis: PS 218, specimen number NHM PI PO 12074 in the collection of the Palaeontological Department of The Natural History Museum
Hofmannophila pseudospretella, brown house moth
Carboniferous crinoid gardenArtists impression of Carboniferous (354 to 290 million years ago) underwater crinoid garden
Wombwells Royal National MenagerieA printed poster advertising Wombwells Royal National Menagerie dated c.1800
The Tank Room, Darwin CentreThe Tank Room in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London
Acrocinus longimanus, Harlequin beetleA photograph of harlequin beetles mating on newly-cut logs of breadnut tree. Taken by entomologist Jon Martin in the Chiquibul Forest Reserve, Las Cuevas, Belize, in June 2002