Parasitic Collection

Jungle, Sri Lanka
Parasitic plants in the Sri Lanka jungle Date: 1913

Sea Lamprey, Lampern, and Silver Lamprey
Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus), Lampern (Lampetra fluviatilis or European River Lamprey), and Silver Lamprey (Ichthyomyzon unicuspis). Date: 1865

Sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus (Marine or spotted lamprey). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J

Parasitic plant, Cytinus hypocistis, Citino ipocistide. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science

Parasitic worms and tapeworms, Bothriocephalus coronatus 1, Bothriocephalus corolla 2, and pike tapeworm, Triaenophorus nodulosus 3. Bothriocefalo coronato, B. corolla, Trienoforo noduloso

Red algae seaweed species
Red algae species Halopteris scoparia 1, Ceramium casuarinae 2, and Ceramium pedicellatum 3. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Parasitic jaeger, Stercorarius parasiticus
Parasitic jaeger, arctic skua or parasitic skua, Stercorarius parasiticus (Arctic gull, Larus parasiticus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn

Greater dodder or European dodder, Cuscuta europaea, cuscute. Handcoloured steel engraving by Oudet after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Rafflesia horsfieldii (Rafflesia patma). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Cytinus hypocistis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst, London, 1816

Parasitic aeschynanthus, Aeschynanthus parasiticus.Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Nevitt after a botanical illustration by Mrs Augusta Withers from Benjamin Maund and the Rev

Taenia saginata, beef tapeworm
The beef tapeworm parasite can reach lengths of up to 10 metres. It is found in humans and animals which have consumed meat infected with the larvae

Taenia solium, pork tapeworm
The pork tapeworm parasite can reach lengths of up to 8 metres. It is found in humans and animals which have consumed meat infected with the larvae

Capillaria philippinensis, parasitic worm
This worm species (Capillaria philippinensis) is a parasite of the human small intestine

Sarcoptes scabiei, scabies mite
Scanning electron microscope image of an itch or scabies mite, a parasite that infests a wide variety of mammalian hosts including man

Cordylobia anthropophaga, tumbu fly larvae
Larvae of the tumbu fly or putzi fly common in East and Central Africa. Photographed by Martin Hall

Dermatobia hominis, human botfly
Second stage of the human botfly (Dermatobia hominis) in leg - contracted in Bolivia. Photographed by Martin Hall

Female parasitic wasp
A female parasitic wasp inspecting an oak apple which she will pierce with her ovipositor to lay her eggs

Flowering parasitic plants Orobanchaceae sp. (Orobanchaceae sp.). Karakum desert sand dunes - Saxaul trees (Haloxylon sp) Kopetdag mountains on background - Turkmenistan - former CIS - Spring - April

Ascaris lumbricoides, human roundworm
The human roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides) is the largest nematode to parasitize humans, growing up to 16 inches long

Vandellia cirrhosa, candiru

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)

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

Victorian scrap - Wanted nice little filly
Victorian scrap - People Who Want To Marry - Wanted nice little filly with " thou" or two. late 19th century

Africa. Native affected by sleeping sickness. Engraving by Thiriat, 1903. Colored

Africa. European doctors examining a native attacked by slee
HISTORY OF AFRICA. Doctors in an expedition of European explorers, examining the native blood attacked by sleeping sickness. Engraving by Thiriat. 1903. Colored

Sea Lamprey, Lampern, Planers Lamprey and Pride
Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus), Lampern (Lampetra fluviatilis or European River Lamprey), Planers Lamprey (Petromyzon planeri), and Pride (Lampetra fluviatilis or Petromyzon branchialis)

Beautiful lockhartia, parasitic orchid from Trinidad, Lockhartia elegans.. Illustration by WJ Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtiss The Botanical Magazine

White-barred bromelia, Bromelia zebrina, parasitic orchid from South America.. Illustration by William Herbert, engraved by Weddell

Flowering parasitic plants - sand dunes of Central Karakum desert - spring (Orobanchaceae sp.). Kopetdag mountains on horizon - Turkmenistan - April

Flowering parasitic plant - in sand dunes of Karakum desert - Kopetdag mountains in the haze on background (Orobanchaceae sp.). Turkmenistan - former CIS - Spring - April

Parasitic plant Orobanchaceae sp. - Central Karacum desert - flowering in sand dunes (Orobanchaceae sp.). summer - Kopetdag mountain range on background - Turkmenistan - former CIS

Stylopid in amber
Stylopid parasite (Strepsiptera sp.) preserved in Dominican amber. This specimen dates from the Lower Miocene

Paragonimus sp. parasitic worm
Human lung fluke, a parasitic worm. Common in South East Asia, in 1980 there were thought to be 3 million people infected

Parasitic worms in spirit jars. Specimens held at the Natural History Museum, London

Scientist working with parasitic worms
Museum scientist working with parasitic worms in a zoology laboratory

Halipegus hessleri, parasitic worm
A parasitic worm specimen measuring 3.3mm

Trichinella spiralis, parasitic roundworm
This parasitic, nematode roundworm (Trichinella spiralis) infects a wide variety of mammals, including man

Stercorarius parasiticus, parasitic jaeger
Plate 272 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Ixodes ricinus, tick
Close-up of a recently fed tick (Ixodes ricinus) full of its hosts blood, on black background

Dermatobia hominis, botfly larva
2nd instar larva of the botfly (Dermatobia hominis). Collected from a cow, Brazil. Photographed by Martin Hall

Calliphora vicina, blowfly larva and pupa
The larvae of this blowfly attack people asleep on the ground. Specimen found in Belgian Congo. Photographed by Martin Hall

Cordylobia anthropophaga, tumbu fly
A mounted specimen of the tumbu fly or putzi fly common in East and Central Africa. Photographed by Martin Hall in Marikari Pans, Botswana

Oestrus ovis, ship nasal botfly larva
A ship nasal botfly larva, a cause of myiasis extracted from a human eye in Kuwait. Photographed by Martin Hall

Kirkoestrus minutus, botfly
A mounted specimen of the botfly (Kirkoestrus minutus) found in Nwandsi, Kruger National Park. Photographed by Martin Hall

Cuterebra, rodent botfly
3rd instar or stage of the rodent botfly found on a spiny rat (Proechimys sp.) in French Guiana. Photographed by Martin Hall

Dermatobia hominis, botfly eggs
Botfly (Dermatobia hominis) eggs on a host fly (Chrysops variegatus). Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Photographed by Martin Hall

Adult gall wasp
Gall wasps are dark-coloured tiny insects only a few millimetres long. Most gall wasps form galls which are abnormal growths on a plant or tree which develop as a result of the attack

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