LAMBTON WORMThe Lambton heir kills the loathsome worm, but is cursed because he fails to kill the first living thing he then meets - his own father!
Nematode wormThis nematode worm specimen has an unsegmented, cylindrical body and is also known as a roundworm
Robins nesting on a bell-shaped Christmas cardRobins nesting in the snow on a bell-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
From silkworm to silk stocking - British Empire ExhibitionThe silk worm farm in the Hong Kong section at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in 1924. Chinese girls, brought over by Sir Robert Ho Tung and Lady Ho Tung (pictured)
Life Cycle of Silk WormThe life cycle of a silk worm & silk culture
Charles Darwin studying a wormA satire on Charles Darwin -- after charting the Descent of Man he goes even lower and studies worms
Glenlivet Scotch Whisky distillery 1890View of the worm tubs, where spirit vapour is condensed, at Andrew Usher & Co, in Edinburgh. Date: 1890
Observation - Picket watching Salmah from the Worm, WW1The Surrey Yeomanry on the Struma Valley Front, Salonika 1917-1918. Observation - Picket watching Salmah from the Worm, North West corner of Gloucester Wood, Winter 1917-1918
Common Glow-worm - female - glowing on a cut grass stalk to attract males - late in the dusk - midsummer - June (Lampyris noctulica ). meadow in Ural Mountains - Tchelyabinsk region - Russia
The Mother FishThis illustration shows a mother fish teaching her children about the worm bait on a hook, accompanied with a caption translated from French, The worm, my children, is generally good only so far
THE MOTHER EARTH WORMTO ITS WORMLET: Now, then, Florizel, that just serves you right. How often have I told you to keep away from the wicket during these Test Matches! Date: 1926
Peanut worms, Sipunculus nudus, etcPeanut worms, Sipunculus nudus 1, Siphonosoma cumanense 4, etc. Sipunculo nudo, Sipunculo microrinco, Sipunculo macrorinco, Sipunculo commestible
Sea mice, Aphrodita aculeata and Laetmonice hystrixSea mouse, Aphrodita aculeata 1 and Laetmonice hystrix 2. Afrodita aculeata, Ermione ispida. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze
Comic postcard, Fish avoids worm and hook Date: 20th century
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Ladies in WaitingThe Caption is Ladies in Waiting. This colourful queue is very cheerful. They obviously know that the early bird catches the worm and they are at the top. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1945
Tree sparrow, snow bunting, worm-eating warblerAmerican tree sparrow, Spizelloides arborea 1, snowflake or snow bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis 2, worm-eating warbler, Helmitheros vermivorum 3, and magnolia warbler, Setophaga magnolia 4
Pine grosbeak, red crossbill and white-winged crossbillPine grosbeak, Pinicola enucleator, male 1, female 2, American crossbill or red crossbill, Loxia curvirostra 3, white-winged crossbill, Loxia leucoptera 4, males
Jellyfish speciesRhizostoma octopus, Rhizostoma cuvieri, Rizostoma di Cuvier 1, cauliflower jellyfish, Cephea cephea, Cephea guerini, Cefea di Guerin
Fan worm and other wormsFan worm, Serpula vermicularis 1, polychaete worm, Spirorbis corrugatus 2, tube-building annelid worm, Spirobranchus triqueter 3 and Galeolaria caespitosa 4
Bootlace worm, proboscis worm, ribbon wormBootlace worm, Lineus longissimus 1, Borlasia angliae 1, proboscis worm, Cerebratulus bilineatus 2, Cerebratulus bilineatus 2, ribbon worm, Tubulanus polimorphus 3, Tubulanus elegans 4
Two-toed amphiuma and critically endangered axolotlTwo-toed amphiuma, Amphiuma means, Anfiuma means 1, and critically endangered axolotl or Mexican walking fish, Ambystoma mexicanum, Assolotl del Messico 2
Christmas tree worms and feather duster wormChristmas tree worm, Spirobranchus giganteus 1 and feather duster worm, Sabella spallanzanii 2, 3. Cymospira gigantea, Anfitrite ventilabro, Anfitrite dello Spallanzani
NereidsLeodice antennata, Nereidonta antennata 1, and Eunice sanguinea, Nereidonta sanguinea 2. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali
Spiny scale worm and scalewormSpiny scale worm, Iphione muricata 1, and scaleworm, Lepidonotus clava 2. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali
Bristle worms or sea mice. Golden fireworm, Chloeia flava 1, and Eurythoe complanata 2. Anfinome flava, Pleione alcyonea. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus
Albany bottlebrush, Callistemon speciosus. (Callistemon speciosum beta, Metrosideros glauca, Metrosidero glauco). Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus
The early bird catches the worm. A cartoon-style duckling proudly holding a fat worm in its beak. Artist: Anon. Date: circa 1930
Bootlace worm, Lineus longissimus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects, London, 1804
Copepod parasite on a sprat, Lernaeenicus sprattaeBlood-feeding copepod parasite on a sprats eye, Lernaeenicus sprattae (Lernaea sprattae). And another strange worm found on an oyster shell
Sand worm with crimson feelers, Amphitrite rosea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects
Polychaete worm, Phyllodoce lamelligera (Nereis lamelligera). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare
Sea worm, Amphitrite ventilabrum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects, London, 1804
Black and white worm lizard, blind snakeBlack-and-white worm lizard, Amphisbaena fuliginosa, earthworm blind snake, Typhlops lumbricalis, large shieldtail snake, Pseudotyphlops philippinus (Uropeltis philippinus)
Lizards and skinksCaecilian, amphisbaenian or worm lizard, grass lizard, blindsnake, false coral snake, European legless lizard, and skinks
Slit worm shell, Tenagodus anguinus (Anguine serpula, Serpula anguina). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder
Gattyana cirrhosa polychaete worm (Cirrhated aphrodita, Aphrodita cirrhosa). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder
Black-and-white worm lizard, Amphisbaena fuliginosa, and brown and yellow snake of Surinam (Boa constrictor?). Le serpent dit a deux tetes, l Amphisbaena fuliginosa, serpent de Surinam jaunatre
Coral speciesLettuce coral, Agaricia agaricites, Madrepora agaricites 1, worm holes covered with stony coral 2, Acropora abrotanoides, Madrepora abrotonoides 3, and spherical clump of coral 4
Harvest mouse, Micromys minutus (Mus messorius), with worm. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from William Jardines Naturalists Library, Edinburgh, 1836
Earthworm blind snake, slow worm, Cape leglessEarthworm blind snake, Typhlops lumbricalis 1, slow worm, Anguis fragilis 2, Cape legless skink, Ancontias meleagris 3 and eastern glass lizard, Ophisaurus ventralis 4
Chaetopoda or annelid ringed wormsChaetopoda annelids or ringed worms: Sabellastarte indica, Hydroides norvegicus, Sabella spallanzanii, Pista cretacea, Eunice magnifica, Hermione hystricella, and Chloeia viridis
Perch, velvet worm, lacewing and pearl oysterEuropean perch, Perca fluviatilis 1, velvet worm, Peripatus iuliformis 2, lacewing, Perla marginata 3, and pearl oyster, Isognomon isognomum 4. Perche, Peripate, Perle, Perne
Saddleback clownfish and white worm lizardAmphicoma scullelata 1, saddleback clownfish, Amphiprion polymnus 2 and white worm lizard, Amphisbaena alba 3. Amphiprion laticlavius Amphicome, Amphiprion, Amphisbene
Earthworm, leech, polypes and tapewormsEarthworm, Lumbricus terrestris 1, medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis 2, polype species, Hydra vulgaris, 3, 4, 5, 6, pork tapeworm, Taenia solium 7, and unknown species of tapeworm
Slow worm, glass lizard and yellowbelly sea snakeSlow worm, Anguis fragilis 1, eastern glass lizard, Ophisaurus ventralis 2, yellowbelly sea snake, Hydrophis platurus 3, and Anguis variegata 4
Peacock worm, Sabella pavonina, and feather duster worm, Bispira volutacornis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)
Worm fern, Dryopteris filix-mas (Aspidium filix-mas). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse
Cabbage worm, longhorn beetle, Rutpela maculata, on a flower. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Jacob l Admiral in Naauwkeurige Waarneemingen omtrent de veranderingen van veele
