Worms Collection

British Earthworms 20C
Longworm Earthworm Blueworm Gilt-Tail Brandling Greenworm

Charles Darwin studying a worm
A satire on Charles Darwin -- after charting the Descent of Man he goes even lower and studies worms

From silkworm to silk stocking - British Empire Exhibition
The 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)

Germany / Worms Cathedral
Worms: the Cathedral

Molluscs / Sealife
A variety of sea-based molluscs including types of snail and clam, a large mussel and other soft-bodied sealife

Peanut worms, Sipunculus nudus, etc
Peanut worms, Sipunculus nudus 1, Siphonosoma cumanense 4, etc. Sipunculo nudo, Sipunculo microrinco, Sipunculo macrorinco, Sipunculo commestible

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

Beech 18 - N61912 at Worms. Date: 1983

Cathedral Worms germany

The People's Theatre at Worms, Germany, illustration from an article Modern Opera Houses and Theatres'. The People's Theatre (Volkstheater) was designed by Otto March

Swayne's apparatus for rearing silk worms, and a silk loom Date: 19th century

Vintage 19th century / 1900 photograph: Worms, a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, situated on the Upper Rhine about 60 kilometres south-southwest of Frankfurt-am-Main

Comic postcard, Little girl fishing at the seaside Date: 20th century

Children working with silk worms, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

c. 1880s Japan - working with silk worms
c.1880s Japan - working with silk worms

Working with silk worms, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Women working with silk worms, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Fan worm and other worms
Fan 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 worm
Bootlace worm, Lineus longissimus 1, Borlasia angliae 1, proboscis worm, Cerebratulus bilineatus 2, Cerebratulus bilineatus 2, ribbon worm, Tubulanus polimorphus 3, Tubulanus elegans 4

Christmas tree worms and feather duster worm
Christmas tree worm, Spirobranchus giganteus 1 and feather duster worm, Sabella spallanzanii 2, 3. Cymospira gigantea, Anfitrite ventilabro, Anfitrite dello Spallanzani

Scaleworms or segmented worms. Eumolpe impatiens 1, Eumolpe scolopendrina 2, and Eumolpe longissima 3. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle

Spiny scale worm and scaleworm
Spiny 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 polychaetes. Splendid fireworm, Hesione splendida 1 and Syllis monilaris 2. Esione lucente, Silli monilare

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

Arenicola marina and Clymene amphistoma
Lugworm or sandworm, Arenicola marina 1, and Clymene amphistoma 2. Arenicola dei Pescatori, Climene anfistoma. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario

Bishops mitres showing martyrdoms
Bishops mitres showing the martyrdom of Thomas Becket by three knights and the stoning of St. Stephen. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes

Christmas card, three robins asleep on a branch. 20th century

Red cracker butterfly and palm nut grubs
Red cracker butterfly, Hamadryas amphinome (copied from Maria Sibylla Merian), and palm nut grubs, larvae of the South American palm weevil, Rhynchophorus palmarum

Platodes worms, flatworms and tapeworms: Gymnophallus choledochus, Echinostoma echinatum, Bucephalus polymorphus, Polystoma integerrimum, Gyrodactylus elegans, Diplozoon paradoxum

Intestinal worms: Pork tapeworm, Taenia solium 1, a, b, c, and human polycephalus, Polycephalus hominis 2, d, e. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur

Chinese silk - dyeing and weaving
Chinese silk loom, is shown; the figure seated above among the machinery, appears to assist the labour by means of weight. Date: 1833

Chinese silk - winding from the cocoons
Winding off the silk into singles, but the woman appears for the moment to have left her post for the purpose of blowing the fire. Date: 1833

Chinese silk - cleaning the cocoons
The cocoons being completed by the insect, are being cleared of dirt and dead leaves, before they are removed from the frames. Date: 1833

Chinese silk - feeding the silk worms
Engraving showing the apartment in which the worms are fed and the manner in which the little trays containing the silk worms are arranged. Date: 1833

LUTHER AT DIET OF WORMS
At the Diet of Worms, Luther defends his opinions before the emperor and an assembly of notables from church and state; proscribed, he goes into protective hiding Date: 13- 17 April 1521

MAGIC CATS OF CHINA
These magical spirit-cats perform the vital function of keeping away the rats which would otherwise devour the silkworms : the flowers also keep the worms healthy

Pleasures of Pasta
THE HORRORS OF FOREIGN FOOD Water I do declare - with worms in it. (soup with vermicelli) Date: 1830

Super Skymaster - D-GAMS
Cessna T337B Turbo Super Skymaster - D-GAMS at Worms. Date: 1983

Jungmeister - D-EJOA
Bucker Bu 133 Jungmeister - D-EJOA at Worms. Date: 1983

Cocoonery - Silk Manufacture - Syria. Date: circa 1905s

Why Not Matches? WWI cartoon by William Heath Robinson
Lights for All: Trapping Glow Worms in Kensington Gardens. A typically ridiculous idea by Heath Robinson for trapping glow worms, thus providing light for Londoners during the black out. Date: 1917

Tiger Leech / Painted Leech on a leaf, typical in lowland rainforest of Kinabatangan river floodplain (Haemadipsa picta). Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June

The Diet of Worms, 1521. The Emperor Charles V presiding. Co
The Diet of Worms, 1521. Imperial diet of the Holy Roman Empire. It is most memorable for the Edict of Worms which addressed Martin Luther and the effects of the Protestant Reformation

Worms Mahzor. Prayer book for Jewish holidays. 13th century
Worms Mahzor. Prayer book for Jewish holidays. Germany, 1271-1272. Ink on parchment (facsimile). Jewish Museum Berlin. Germany

Happy Families Playing Cards - Master Weed the Gardeners Son. circa 1930s

Henry Worms Pirbright
HENRY de WORMS, first baron PIRBRIGHT statesman Date: 1840 - 1903

Gustave Worms, French actor

Anchor worms, Lernaeae, copepod crustacean fish parasite.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

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