Pests Collection

Poster, Keep ceaseless watch for Colorado Beetle
Ministry of Agriculture poster, Keep ceaseless watch for Colorado Beetle, they can destroy our potato crops. circa late 1930s

Advertisement for Keatings Powder
An advertisement for Keatings Powder, to rid your clothes of bugs, fleas, beetles, moths, and other distressing insects. Remember to take it with you on holiday! Date: 1913

Southern Railway Ratcatcher
Official Rat catcher for Southern Railway with Terriers and quarry. Date: 1924

Hurray for the Robinson Ray! by W. Heath Robinson
We are privileged to publish the first illustration of a Death Ray at its dirty work. the top secret experiment was entirely successful, and as our picture shows

Wild Common Hamster - Feeding in a granary (Cricetus cricetus L.). Summer, Middle Ural Mountains, Russia

Using Riley spray on greenfly in a vineyard, Algeria 1885
Using the Riley insecticide spray on greenfly in a vineyard, Algeria. Date: 1885

Scientists examining maps and statistics at the Anti-Locust Research Centre (ALRC), an independent research institute set up by the UK government in 1945

Advertisement for Petermans Cockroach and Beetle Food - certified by Drs. Hassall and Clayton, Analytical Chemists, not a POISON to Children or Pet Animals, but DEATH to cockroaches and beetles

WW2 Poster -- Dysentery and Diarrhoea
Dysentery and Diarrhoea. Colour lithograph information poster, after 2nd Lt Stacey Hopper. The poster poses questions relating to the dangers and causes of disease, and provides helpful hints

Marshalls Petal Dust Moth Preventer -- keep your furs and clothes free from ravage. circa 1910s

Russian Propaganda postcard - German Cockroaches
" The Prussians" A Russian propaganda postcard from WWI era, depictng Russian soldiers driving out the German menace, depicted as cockroaches

Women helping to catch rabbits on a farm, WWI
Women helping to catch rabbits on a farm in Cheshire during the First World War. 1918

Termite Mounds
TERMITE MOUNDS. Australia

Wild Common Hamster - Checks a sack, feeding in a granary (Cricetus cricetus L.). Summer, Middle Ural Mountains, Russia

Wild Common Hamster - Checks for danger, feeding in a granary (Cricetus cricetus L.). Summer, Middle Ural Mountains, Russia

Wild Common Hamster - Feeds in a granary (Cricetus cricetus L.). Middle Ural mountains, Russia, summer

Ants & Black Fly
Ants and Black Fly on the stem of an Elderberry. Date: 1960s

Black Fly & Cuckoo Spit
Black fly (aphid) and Cuckoo Spit, common garden pests. Date: 1950s

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