Arthropod Gallery

Bee anatomy, historical artwork

Bees anatomy. 17th Century artwork by the Italian microscopist Francesco Stelluti, showing the anatomy of bees as seen by him under a microscope. Stelluti worked in the dields of mathematics, microscopy, literature and astronomy. In 1625 he published the first accounts of microscopic observation, which included this image. Image from La Conquete Du Monde Invisible by Giuseppe Penso

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Trilobite fossil

Trilobite fossil. Fossil of a trilobite (Aristoharpes sp.) from the Devonian period (around 370 million years ago), showing the species characteristic, spade-like shape. Trilobites are extinct hard-shelled, segmented arthropods that lived in ancient seas. They are considered one of Earth's earliest, complex life-forms and are one of the most well-known creatures of the Palaeozoic Era. Trilobites existed between the Cambrian and Permian periods around 542-250 million years ago, and were mainly bottom-feeding, scavengers

© SINCLAIR STAMMERS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Pond life

Pond life, macrophotograph. At centre is a water flea (Daphnia sp.). A copepod (Cyclops sp.) carrying eggs is at bottom centre. Part of a colony of Volvox sp. algae is at bottom right. Strands of filamentous algae cross the image

© LAGUNA DESIGN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Alga, Animal, Aquatic, Arthropod, Arthropods, Biological, Biology, Black Background, Botanical, Botany, Colonial, Colony, Copepod, Crustacea, Crustacean, Crustaceans, Cyclops Sp, Daphnia, Daphnia Sp, Fauna, Filamentous Alga, Flea, Flora, Invertebrate, Macro, Macro Photograph, Nature, Phytoplankton, Plankton, Planktonic, Plant, Shrimp, Volvox Sp, Water Flea, Wild Life, Zoological, Zoology, Zooplankton