Images Dated 18th April 2013 (page 50)

Euselates sp. rose chafer beetle
A colourful rose chafer beetle photographed in Sri Lanka. Chafer beetles have a characteristic V-shape where their wings meet and are a member of the same family as dung beetles

Hyacinthus sp. Eastern hyacinths
Folio 25 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Homo sapiens cranium (Stetten 1)
Lateral 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

Theatre des Merveilles de la Nature
Plate VII from Theatre des Merveilles de la Nature, by Levinus Vincent, 1719

Metitaea ismeria and Helianthus tracheliifolius

Oolitic limestone
An oolitic limstone originating from Rutland, U.K showing the perfectly rounded ooliths of which it is composed. Formed in shallow, agitated marine conditions, and only in warm climates

Prunus domestica, plum
One of the 162 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the Central Hall of the Natural History Museum, London

Nyctibatrachus major, frogs
X-ray of frog specimens held at the Natural History Museum, London

Micronycteris brachyotis, orange-throated bat
An orange-throated bat (Micronycteris brachyotis) photographed in Belize by Frank Greenaway

Carollia brevicauda, silky short-tailed bat
A silky short-tailed bat (Carollia brevicauda) photographed in Belize by Frank Greenaway

Exterior view of the Darwin Centre from Cromwell Road. The Waterhouse Building, the Entomology Building and the Wildlife Garden can be seen. Photo taken by Graham Pellow in June 2002

Isurus oxyrinchus, shortfin mako shark
Specimen jar containing the head of a shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus), held at the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum. London

Exterior view 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

Lepus europaeus, European brown hare
Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)

Barbastella barbastellus, western barbastelle

Montane rainforest canopy, Sri Lanka
Montane rainforest canopy in Nuwara Eliya area, Sri Lanka

Detail of terracotta moulding of an octopus in the Waterhous

Geospiza magnirostris, large ground finch
A specimen of a large ground finch (Geospiza magnirostris) collected by Robert FitzRoy in the Galapagos Islands during the Voyage of the Beagle

Bactrites carinatus, nautiloid
This straight nautiloid Bactrites carinatus originates from the Devonian of Germany

Dinosaur eggshell
Scanning electron microscope image on display in the Darwin Centre

Flea
This species of flea is commonly known as a jigger, chigoe or sand-flea

Moschus chrysogaster, alpine musk deer
Plate 191 from the collection of drawings of mammals and birds from Nepal, 1818-1858, by Bryan Houghton Hodgson (1800-1894)

Garrulus glandarius, European jay
An European jay (Garrulus glandarius), taken in the U.K. Photographed by Frank Greenaway

Ventral surface of a mite from the prostigmatic species
Scanning electron microscope image displayed on the glass screens in the Darwin Centre, at the Natural History Museum, London

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

Paradisaea rudolphi, blue bird-of-paradise
Plate 29 from Richard Bowdler Sharpes Monograph of the Paradiseidae, Vol.1, (1893)

Microchiroptera (suborder), microbat
The cranial view of the skull of a bat, measuring 4cm, showing its large eye sockets and relatively short snout. See also image reference 40856

Paragonimus sp. parasitic worm
Human lung fluke, a parasitic worm. Common in South East Asia, in 1980 there were thought to be 3 million people infected

Hannays diamond
No.1 of Hannays diamonds. Specimen held in the Mineralogy Department at The Natural History Museum, London

Homo sapiens skull
Facial view of a cast of Homo sapiens skull from Eliye Springs, Kenya. Middle Pleistocene 790, 000-130, 000

Pacifastacus leniusculus, signal crayfish
Anterior view of a signal crayfish specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Euplectella aspergillum, glass sponge
Illustration from Transactions of the Zoological Society, Vol 3, Part 2, 1841. Illustration on display in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Ilex aquifolium, holly
One of the 162 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the Central Hall of the Natural History Museum, London

Specimens in spirit jars
A variety of zoological specimens in spirit jars held at the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Homo sapiens cranium (Cro-Magnon 1)
Frontal view of a cast of a skull belonging to Homo sapiens Le Viellard, adult male about 45 years of age. Discovered near the station, Les Eyzies de Tayac, France by workmen, March 1868

Gypaetos barbatus, lammergeier
Plate 1, a watercolour by Rajman Singh, from Brian Houghton Hodgsons collection of birds and mammals of Nepal

Specimens in spirit jars
A variety of zoological specimens in spirit jars held at the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Certhidea olivacea, warbler-finch
A specimen of a warbler-finch (Certhidea olivacea) collected in the Galapagos Islands during the Voyage of the Beagle

Homo sapiens cranium (Omo 2)
Lateral view of a cranium belonging to Archaic Homo sapiens dating back to 130, 000 years ago. This specimen is a cast of the skull known as Omo 2 discovered in 1967 at the Omo River, Ethiopia

Folio 9 from A Collection of Flowers by John Edwards
Folio 9 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

The Malay Archipelago
Title page of The Malay Archipelago, The Land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of travel with studies of Man and Nature. By Alfred Russel Wallace, 1874

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

Calotes calotes, agamid lizard
A brightly coloured male lizard. This species is very common in gardens of the wet zone in Sri Lanka

Gallimimus
The skeleton of the omnivorous dinosaur from Mongolia, Gallimimus, which lived during the Upper Cretaceous period, 74 to 70 million years ago It grew up to 6 metres in length making it the largest

Michalia champaca, champaka
Champaka trees in the upper montane rainforest in Horton Plains National Park, Sri Lanka

Frog
One of the 140 frog species known from the island of Sri Lanka. Many of these frogs have only been discovered in the last decade or so

Sandstone
Fossilised water ripple marks preserved in sandstone

Dromaeosaurus
The skeleton of a Dromaeosaurus, a small fast predatory dinosaur with sharp teeth and a large claw on each foot. The lived during the Upper Cretaceous 76 to 72 million years ago

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