Images Dated 18th April 2013 (#54)

Mustela putorius, European polecat
Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)

The Darwin Centre
View of the visitor space before the specimens arrived in the Darwin Centre, at The Natural History Museum, London

Iris kochii, German iris
Plate XXXVI from The Genus Iris (1913) by William Rickatson Dykes (1877-1925). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Helleborus niger, Christmas rose
Plate 47 from Botanicum Medicinale (1759) by Timothy Sheldrake. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Diphylla ecaudata, hairy-legged vampire bat
A hairy-legged vampire bat (Diphylla ecaudata) photographed in Belize by Frank Greenaway

Cetraria islandica, lichen
A cut-out of a branching lichen specimen held in the crypt herbarium at the Natural History Museum, London

Vitis sp. Black Hamburgh grape
Illustration of a bunch of grapes from Plate LXI by George Brookshaw. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Mammalia (class), mammals
Plate 8 from The Geographical Distribution of Animals, with a study of the relations of living and extinct faunas as elucidating the past changes of the Earths surface, by Alfred Russel Wallace

Horton Plains National Park, Sri Lanka

Meteorite
The conical shape points in the direction of travel during atmospheric flight (centre), and the ridges that flow away from the centre were produced by ablation during entry (surrounding)

Parkinsonia dorsetensis, ammonite
This ammonite has an evolute shell and is displaying complex suture lines. Specimen originates from the Middle Jurassic

Oliver Crimmen with Pseudoscarus lepidus specimen
Oliver Crimmen, curator at the Natural History Museum, London. Specimen featured is a parrotfish, holotype, Tahiti, collected by Charles Darwin on the Beagle voyage

Lutra lutra, European otter
Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)

Michalia champaca, champaka tree
A view of a champaka tree, upper montane rainforest in Horton Plains National Park, Sri Lanka

Detail view of the exterior of the Waterhouse Building
The Waterhouse Buiding at the Natural History Museum, London was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Nyctalus noctula, common noctule
Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)

Kim Goodger with butterfly specimen
Kim Goodger a curator at The Natural History Museum, London. The specimen featured is a Papilio sp

Lonicera periclymenum, honeysuckle
One of the 36 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the North Hall at the Natural History Museum, London

Millipedes are common on the rainforest floor in Sri Lanka. This specimen belongs to the family Julidae

Seed List
Seed list from A Catalogue of Seeds, Plants: Sold by Isaac Bailey, Seedsman, at the Sign of the Auriculas, in Bishopsgate Street, London, 1750

Exterior view of the Waterhouse Building, detail of spire
The Waterhouse Buiding at the Natural History Museum, London was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Myroxylon pereirae, balsam of Peru
One of the 162 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the Central Hall of the Natural History Museum, London. Showing Myroxylon pereirae, balsam of Peru

Montane rainforest canopy, Sri Lanka
View of montane rainforest canopy, The Peak Wilderness between Balangoda and Bogowantalawa, Sri Lanka

Brachyera family specimens
Examples of five Brachyera families showing diversity of appearance, Apioceridae, Mydidae, Empididae, Pelecorhynchidae and Nemestrinidae. Specimens held at the Natural History Museum, London

Cacoucia coccinea
Plate 32 from Flora Brasiliensis, Vol. 14, Part 2 (1867) by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794-1868)

Pteropus poliocephalus, grey-headed flying fox
The cranial view of the skull of a grey-headed flying fox; a megabat measuring 7cm. The long snout helps it to smell out fruit. See also 40857

Oliver Crimmen with fish specimen
Photograph of Oliver Crimmen, a curator at the Natural History Museum, London. The specimen featured is a Anarhichas minor, wolf fish from Iceland

Demolition of the Spirit Building in April 2002. Zoological specimens now held in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Erithacus rubecula, European robin
An European robin (Erithacus rubecula) in flight, in Surrey, U.K Photographed by Frank Greenaway

Polygonum bistorta, meadow bistort
One of the 36 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the North Hall at the Natural History Museum, London

Quercus tinctoria, black oak

Usnea inflata, beard lichen
And Hypogymnia physodes (right), Burnham Beeches, Bucks, W. London. The former is a recent colonist following reductions in SO2 pollution

Fragaria sp. strawberry
An illustration of strawberries by George Brookshaw. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Homo sapiens cranium (Stetten 1)
Frontal view of a cast of a cranium belonging to an adult, possibly male, Homo sapiens discovered at Cave Vogelherd-Hohle, North West of Stetten by G. Riek, July 1931

Montane rainforest, Sri Lanka
Dense foliage in montane rainforest, The Knuckles, Sri Lanka

Dioctophyme renale, giant kidney worm
Photograph of a giant kidney worm (Dioctophyma renale)

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

Lilium bulbiferum, large orange lily
Folio 13 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Bubulcus ibis, cattle egret
A specimen of a cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis), Kingsbridge, Devon. (October 1805) from the Colonel G. Montagu collection. First British record of species

Natives of Aru shooting Paradisaea apoda, greater bird-of-pa
Plate opposite page 443 from Alfred Russel Wallaces The Malay Archipelago (1874)

Lonicera sp. honeysuckle
Plate 21 from Flowers (1795) by John Edwards (1768-1795). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Bos taurus, cattle
Jaw bone and teeth of the Chillingham breed of cattle. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Detail view of the exterior of the Waterhouse Building
The Waterhouse Buiding at the Natural History Museum, London was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Oestridae, botfly larva
Scanning electron microscope image of a botfly larva. They are parasites feeding on skin in the case of warble flies, nostrils in the flies that affect sheep and deer

Lepus timidus, Mustela erminea and Mustela nivalis
Arctic hare, ermine and least weasel. Mountain hare, stoat and weasel. Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c

Malva sylvestris, mallow
One of the 36 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the North Hall at the Natural History Museum, London

Mandragora autumnalis, Autumn mandrake
Plate 80 from Ladies Flower Garden Perennials (1843) by Mrs Jane Loudon. Also shows Solanum etuberosum and Physalis viscosa

Apodemus sylvaticus, long-tailed field mouse
Wood mouse. Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)

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