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Entomology Collection

Background imageEntomology Collection: Case of British Butterflies Lepidoptera

Case of British Butterflies Lepidoptera
A collectors case of British butterflies

Background imageEntomology Collection: Insects of Surinam

Insects of Surinam
Plate 7 from Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphosibus Insectorum Surinamensium (1726) by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717) & Johanna Helena Herolt (1668-1773)

Background imageEntomology Collection: Entomology Specimens

Entomology Specimens
A specimen tray from the Natural History Museums Entomology Department showing the diversity of insects in terms of shape, size and colours

Background imageEntomology Collection: Insects of Surinam

Insects of Surinam
Plate 9 from Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphosibus Insectorum Surinamensium (1726) by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717) & Johanna Helena Herolt (1668-1773)

Background imageEntomology Collection: Bee anatomy, historical artwork

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

Background imageEntomology Collection: Red-barbed ant, SEM

Red-barbed ant, SEM
Red-barbed ant (Formica rufibarbis), coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). This ant is common in mainland Europe, but rare in the UK

Background imageEntomology Collection: Sea green swallowtail butterfly

Sea green swallowtail butterfly
Sea green swallowtail (Papilio lorquinianus) butterfly. This butterfly is found in Indonesia, Sulawesi, Borneo, Java, Sumatra and in the Philippines

Background imageEntomology Collection: Red Admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) with open wings

Red Admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) with open wings

Background imageEntomology Collection: Ocypus olens, devils coach horse beetle model

Ocypus olens, devils coach horse beetle model
A large scale model of the devils coach horse beetle (Ocypus olens). A beetle that is commonly found beneath logs. Held within the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageEntomology Collection: Hummingbird hawk-moth

Hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) feeding on nectar inside a clammy cuphaea flower (Cuphea viscosissima)

Background imageEntomology Collection: Crowned hairstreak butterfly

Crowned hairstreak butterfly (Thecla coronata). This is the underside of a female specimen from Tungurahua, Ecuador

Background imageEntomology Collection: Fruit fly, SEM Z340 / 0768

Fruit fly, SEM Z340 / 0768
Fruit fly. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a fruit fly (Drosophila funebris) on an apple. Its compound eyes (red) are seen and its wings are outstretched

Background imageEntomology Collection: Painted lady butterfly C016 / 2299

Painted lady butterfly C016 / 2299
Painted lady (Vanessa cardui) butterfly. This butterfly is found in Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia. Specimen obtained from the University of Valencia, Spain

Background imageEntomology Collection: Head louse, SEM

Head louse, SEM
Head louse. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis) clinging to a human hair. Head lice measure 2-3 millimetres in length

Background imageEntomology Collection: Ant, SEM

Ant, SEM
Ant. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of an ant (family Formicidae). One of its compound eyes (red) is seen, as well as two long antennae that are mounted on the head between the eyes

Background imageEntomology Collection: Bee anatomy, artwork

Bee anatomy, artwork
Bee anatomy. Computer artwork showing the internal anatomy of a honeybee (Apis mellifera). Nerve fibres are blue. The wings are attached to the thorax

Background imageEntomology Collection: Bees and beehive, 17th century artwork

Bees and beehive, 17th century artwork. Bees are social insects that form colonies around a queen bee. They gather nectar and pollen to feed their larvae, also producing honey

Background imageEntomology Collection: Culex mosquito, SEM

Culex mosquito, SEM
Culex mosquito. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a Culex sp. mosquito. The mosquitos head is dominated by its large compound eyes (brown spheres)

Background imageEntomology Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 304

Curtis British Entomology Plate 304
Lepidoptera: Paucalia woodiella = Euclemensia woodiella (Manchester Tinea) [Plant: Cephalanthera damosonium (Epipactis grandiflora L. or E. pallens Swartz, White Epipactis)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageEntomology Collection: Bees in a circle

Bees in a circle
bees walking in a circle

Background imageEntomology Collection: Illustration of a Flea C017 / 3435

Illustration of a Flea C017 / 3435
Plate from 18th century encyclopedia showing an illustration of a flea. Fleas are the insects forming the order Siphonaptera and are a vectors for various diseases

Background imageEntomology Collection: Fruit fly brain, illustration C018 / 0791

Fruit fly brain, illustration C018 / 0791
Fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) brain, illustration. The two large structures at right and left are the optic lobes, which process information from the flys large compound eyes

Background imageEntomology Collection: Illustrated notebook of H. W. Bates

Illustrated notebook of H. W. Bates
A doube page spread from a notebook of Henry W. Bates relating to the insect fauna of the Amazon Valley or DRW, 1851-1854

Background imageEntomology Collection: Papilio montrouzieri butterfly

Papilio montrouzieri butterfly. This butterfly is native to New Caledonia in the Pacific Ocean

Background imageEntomology Collection: Moth proboscis, SEM

Moth proboscis, SEM
Moth proboscis. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the coiled proboscis of a moth (order Lepidoptera)

Background imageEntomology Collection: Stick insect

Stick insect. Photographed in Gunung Mulu National Park, in Sarawak, the Malaysian part of the island of Borneo

Background imageEntomology Collection: Spanish festoon butterfly

Spanish festoon butterfly (Zerynthia rumina). This specimen is from Spain

Background imageEntomology Collection: Honey bee, SEM

Honey bee, SEM
Honey bee (Apis mellifera), coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM)

Background imageEntomology Collection: Honeybee leg, SEM

Honeybee leg, SEM
Honey bee leg. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the leg of a honeybee (Apis mellifera) covered in pollen grains (round). The dense coating of hairs has trapped the pollen

Background imageEntomology Collection: Head of a honey bee, SEM

Head of a honey bee, SEM
Head of a honey bee (Apis mellifera), coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). The compound eyes (one seen) are either side of the antennae

Background imageEntomology Collection: Insects of Surinam

Insects of Surinam
Plate 4 from Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphosibus Insectorum Surinamensium (1726) by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717) & Johanna Helena Herolt (1668-1773)

Background imageEntomology Collection: Fruit fly, SEM

Fruit fly, SEM
Fruit fly. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a male fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) flying past plant foliage. Its compound eyes (red) are seen and its wings are outstretched

Background imageEntomology Collection: Cabbage White Butterflies

Cabbage White Butterflies Date: 1868

Background imageEntomology Collection: Large Blue Butterflies

Large Blue Butterflies Date: 1868

Background imageEntomology Collection: Hydroporus rufifrons, diving beetle

Hydroporus rufifrons, diving beetle
Close-up shot of a diving beetle (Hydroporus rufifrons). Specimen held in the Natural History Museums Entomology Department

Background imageEntomology Collection: Nathaniel Charles Rothschild (1877-1923)

Nathaniel Charles Rothschild (1877-1923)
The younger brother of Tring Museum founder Walter Rothschild, Charles was a keen entomologist, discovering the plague vector flea, Xenopsylla cheopis, in Shendi, Sudan

Background imageEntomology Collection: Peacock Butterflies

Peacock Butterflies Date: 1868

Background imageEntomology Collection: Compound eye of a fly, SEM Z340 / 0698

Compound eye of a fly, SEM Z340 / 0698
Compound eye. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the surface of a compound eye from a fruit fly (Drosophila busckii). The eye consists of many rounded lenses known as ommatidia

Background imageEntomology Collection: Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa, mole cricket

Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa, mole cricket
Detail from plate 456 of an illustration of a mole cricket from British Entomology: Original Drawings Vol 10, by John Curtis, 1862

Background imageEntomology Collection: Asian giant hornet head

Asian giant hornet head
Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia), close-up of the head. This is the worlds largest hornet, found in temperate and tropical Eastern Asia

Background imageEntomology Collection: Housefly foot, SEM

Housefly foot, SEM
Housefly foot. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the foot of a housefly (Musca domestica). The two claws are used to grip rough surfaces

Background imageEntomology Collection: Macleays swallowtail, Graphium macleayanus

Macleays swallowtail, Graphium macleayanus (Macleays butterfly, Papilio macleayanus)

Background imageEntomology Collection: Clouded Yellow Butterflies

Clouded Yellow Butterflies Date: 1868

Background imageEntomology Collection: Swallowtail Butterflies

Swallowtail Butterflies Date: 1868

Background imageEntomology Collection: Large Copper Butterflies

Large Copper Butterflies Date: 1868

Background imageEntomology Collection: Tropical ants, SEM

Tropical ants, SEM
Tropical ants. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of two small, tropical ants (family Formicidae, 2 millimetres long)

Background imageEntomology Collection: Fruit fly, SEM Z340 / 0699

Fruit fly, SEM Z340 / 0699
Fruit fly. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the head of a fruit fly (Drosophila busckii). Its two compound eyes (red) are seen on either side of the head

Background imageEntomology Collection: Fruit fly, SEM Z340 / 0700

Fruit fly, SEM Z340 / 0700
Fruit fly. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the head of a fruit fly (Drosophila busckii). Its two compound eyes (red) are seen on either side of the head

Background imageEntomology Collection: Butterfly wing scales

Butterfly wing scales. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of scales from the topside of a wing of an aega morpho (Morpho aega) butterfly

Background imageEntomology Collection: Astacus astacus Linnaeus, crayfish

Astacus astacus Linnaeus, crayfish
Suppl. Tb LVI from Insecten-Belustigung 1756-61, Volume 3 by August Johann R� von Rosenhof (1705-1759)

Background imageEntomology Collection: Scorpio orientalis, scorpion

Scorpio orientalis, scorpion
Suppl. Tab LXV from Insecten-Belustigung 1746-61 Volume 3, by August Johann R� von Rosenhof (1705-1759)

Background imageEntomology Collection: Butterflies painted by H. W. Bates

Butterflies painted by H. W. Bates
A page from a notebook of Henry W. Bates relating to the insect fauna of the Amazon Valley or DRW, 1851-1854

Background imageEntomology Collection: COCOA. Branch of a cocoa tree (Theobroma cacao)

COCOA. Branch of a cocoa tree (Theobroma cacao). Line engraving by P. Sluyter after a drawing by Maria Sibylla Merian, from Merians De metamorphosibus insectorum Surinamensium, 1705

Background imageEntomology Collection: YELLOW FEVER MOSQUITO (Aedes aegypti)

YELLOW FEVER MOSQUITO (Aedes aegypti)

Background imageEntomology Collection: HOOKE: LOUSE, 1665. A louse, as seen by Robert Hooke with his microscope

HOOKE: LOUSE, 1665. A louse, as seen by Robert Hooke with his microscope. Copper engraving from Hookes Micrographia, 1665

Background imageEntomology Collection: Macrophotograph of Agrias claudina wing

Macrophotograph of Agrias claudina wing
Agrias claudina butterfly wing macrophotograph. The wing is covered in scales, which together make up the colourful patterns. These scales can be lost without impairing the butterfly in flight

Background imageEntomology Collection: Black Death rat flea, artwork

Black Death rat flea, artwork
Oriental rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis), artwork. This flea was the primary vector of the bacterium Yersinia pestis, which caused the Black Death

Background imageEntomology Collection: Bumble bee collecting pollen

Bumble bee collecting pollen
Bumble bee (Bombus sp.) collecting pollen fom a flower. Bumble bees are important pollinators

Background imageEntomology Collection: Fruit fly, artwork

Fruit fly, artwork
Fruit fly. Computer artwork showing the anatomy of a fruit fly (Drosophila sp.)

Background imageEntomology Collection: Madagascan sunset moth

Madagascan sunset moth (Chrysiridia rhipheus). This moth is endemic to Madagascar

Background imageEntomology Collection: 1827, 1839, Collecting British Insects

1827, 1839, Collecting British Insects
Frontis colour plate by Spry, and title " Instructions for Collecting, Rearing, and Preserving British and Foreign Insects" by Abel Ingpen. Published by William Smith, London

Background imageEntomology Collection: The lesser of two weevils

The lesser of two weevils
Two species of weevil showing the size disparity even in single families of insect

Background imageEntomology Collection: 19th Century kit for Collecting Insects

19th Century kit for Collecting Insects
Colour plate by W. Spry in " Instructions for Collecting, Rearing, and Preserving British and Foreign Insects" by Abel Ingpen. Published by William Smith, London. Second edition 1839

Background imageEntomology Collection: Dragonflies, 17th century artwork

Dragonflies, 17th century artwork. Dragonflies are predatory winged insects that feed on small insects in and around wetlands areas. The adult form, seen here, develops from an aquatic larval stage

Background imageEntomology Collection: Pollen on a bee leg, SEM

Pollen on a bee leg, SEM
Pollen on a bee leg. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of pollen grains (pale purple) on the leg of a bee (superfamily Apoidea). Pollen grains are the male sex cells of a flowering plant

Background imageEntomology Collection: Sammamish Washington Photograph of Butterfly on Flowers

Sammamish Washington Photograph of Butterfly on Flowers

Background imageEntomology Collection: Sulphur butterfly (Phoebis sp. )

Sulphur butterfly (Phoebis sp. )
Sulphur butterfly (Phoebis sp.). This is the underside of the butterfly which is native to central and South America

Background imageEntomology Collection: Lesser puss moth, Cerura erminea

Lesser puss moth, Cerura erminea
Lesser puss moth or feline, Cerura erminea. Phalaena erminea

Background imageEntomology Collection: Harvestmen, harvesters or daddy longlegs, Opiliones species

Harvestmen, harvesters or daddy longlegs, Opiliones species. Phalangiens

Background imageEntomology Collection: Hornet mimic hoverfly

Hornet mimic hoverfly. Close-up of a hornet mimic hoverfly (Volucella zonaria) feeding on flowers. This insect is a European species of hoverfly (family Syrphidae). Photographed in Poland

Background imageEntomology Collection: Dragonfly head C018 / 2394

Dragonfly head C018 / 2394
Dragonfly head. Close-up of the head of a dragonfly (order Odonata), showing its large compound eyes (left and right). Each compound eye is made up of numerous simple eyes called ommatidia

Background imageEntomology Collection: Anopheles mosquito

Anopheles mosquito. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of an Anopheles stephensi mosquito, the vector for the malaria parasite in Asia

Background imageEntomology Collection: Pompilid spider wasp C018 / 4316

Pompilid spider wasp C018 / 4316
Pompilid spider wasp (Pepsis ruficornis), close-up photo. This specimen was found in the Dominican Republic. It is coloured metallic dark blue and purple with yellow antenna

Background imageEntomology Collection: A Selection of Museum Specimens

A Selection of Museum Specimens
Specimens here include an Entomological tray of insect from the order Orthoptera, a herbarium sheet from Cooks first voyage collected in New South Wales, Australia in 1770 and fish specimens

Background imageEntomology Collection: Southern festoon butterfly

Southern festoon butterfly (Zerynthia polyxena). This is the darker orange form (forma ochracea). Photographed on the Mani peninsula, Greece, in April

Background imageEntomology Collection: Jewel beetle

Jewel beetle (Chrysochroa rajah)

Background imageEntomology Collection: Swarm of bees

Swarm of bees (suborder Apocrita), illustration

Background imageEntomology Collection: Cecropia moth caterpillar - Hyalophora cecropia

Cecropia moth caterpillar - Hyalophora cecropia

Background imageEntomology Collection: George Bowdler Buckton F.R.S. 1855-1859. Creator: Maull & Polyblank

George Bowdler Buckton F.R.S. 1855-1859. Creator: Maull & Polyblank
George Bowdler Buckton F.R.S. 1855-1859. Additional Info: Portrait of George Bowdler Buckton, seated, holding a book partially open on his lap

Background imageEntomology Collection: Prof. Ch. C. Babington, about 1855. Creator: Maull & Polyblank

Prof. Ch. C. Babington, about 1855. Creator: Maull & Polyblank
Prof. Ch. C. Babington, about 1855. Additional Info: Portrait of Professor Charles Cardale Babington, seated, holding a book near his chest

Background imageEntomology Collection: Alucitidae or many-plumed moth - indeterminate species isolated on a white background from the jungle of Belize

Alucitidae or many-plumed moth - indeterminate species isolated on a white background from the jungle of Belize, Central America

Background imageEntomology Collection: Antique Bugs Illustration: 17th-Century Insects by Jacob Hoefnagel - Butterflies

Antique Bugs Illustration: 17th-Century Insects by Jacob Hoefnagel - Butterflies, Dragonflies, Beetles, Flies, Spiders, and More



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"Exploring the Intricate World of Entomology: From British Butterflies to Surinam Insects" Delve into the fascinating realm with a captivating collection of specimens. A case filled with vibrant British butterflies, known as Lepidoptera, showcases their delicate beauty and intricate patterns. Marvel at the Red Admiral butterfly, Vanessa atalanta, gracefully displaying its open wings in all their glory. Venturing beyond borders, discover the exotic insects of Surinam. Each specimen tells a unique story about this diverse ecosystem and its inhabitants. The Sea Green Swallowtail butterfly captivates with its striking hues and graceful flight. Zooming in closer, explore bee anatomy through historical artwork that beautifully captures these industrious creatures' intricate structures. Uncover the secrets hidden within each segment and marvel at their complex design. Dive deeper into microscopic wonders as you encounter a Fruit fly under SEM Z340 / 0768 magnification. Witness its astonishing details up close – an awe-inspiring reminder of nature's complexity. But entomology isn't just limited to butterflies and flies; it encompasses various species like the Ocypus olens or devil's coach horse beetle model. This intriguing creature fascinates with its formidable appearance and mysterious habits. The Crowned Hairstreak butterfly enchants with its regal presence while showcasing nature's artistry on display once again. Its elegant markings are a testament to evolution's creativity. Lastly, admire the Painted Lady butterfly C016 / 2299 fluttering delicately amidst flowers—a true masterpiece crafted by Mother Nature herself. Even smaller yet equally captivating is an ant captured under SEM imaging—an insect world seen from a different perspective—revealing intricate textures previously unseen by our naked eye. Through stunning artwork capturing bee anatomy or exploring vast collections like those found in this entomological journey, we gain insight into Earth's incredible biodiversity—one tiny creature at a time.

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