Venomous Collection

Scolopendra gigantea, giant centipede
A giant centipede which was brought into the Museums Insect Identification service after being found in a living room in London. The specimen is venomous and not native to the UK

Stuart Hine with Scolopendra gigantea, giant centipede
Natural 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

Basket star or gorgons head, Astrocladus euryale, Euriale a costole lisce. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Common death adder, Acanthophis antarctica (Antarctic boa, Boa antarctica). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

South American rattlesnake, Crotalus durissis, and snake from Boston, New England. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Paul Kuffner after an illustration from nature by Johann Christoph Keller

Pinktoe tarantula, tarantula wolf spiders
Pinktoe tarantula, Avicularia avicularia 1, 2, Italian species of tarantula wolf spiders, Lycosa tarantula 3-6, venomous spider from Curacao 7, 8

Gila Monster and Gecko Date: 1950

Shrimp fisherman, Flookborough, Morecambe Bay - 5
Venomous weaver fish in Flookborough shrimp fisherman Bob Dickinsons shrimp net, Morecambe Bay, Cumbria Date: 1993

Arizona Desert, USA - A Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum) - a heavy, slow-moving lizard. Date: circa 1930s

Brazil - Sao Paulo - Serpentarium of the Instituto Butantan, a Brazilian biomedical research centre affiliated to the Sao Paulo State Secretary of Health

Indian cobra, spectacle snake or cobra de capello, Naja naja.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1800

Saharan or desert horned viper, Cerastes cerastes.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

Conus marmoreus, cone shell
A pair of cone shells (Conus marmoreus). This marine gastropod originates from the Indo-Pacific and is a venomous carnivore

Chang T ien-Shi
CHANG T IEN-SHI, Master of the Heavens, depicted riding a tiger, holding the drink of eternal life and slaying the Five Venomous Beasts with his magic sword

HELL
Those who were guilty of gluttony during their lifetimes are punished by being forced to swallow toads and other venomous creatures

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