Invertebrata Collection (page 16)

Mollusc, Arca (Barbatia) novaezelandiae
Specimen collected by Robert Falcon Scotts British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition

Six molluscs including four gastropods and two bivalves
Watercolour 396 by the Port Jackson Painter, from the Watling Collection

Stag Beetle Collection of Hughes Bomans
A sample from some 32, 000 stag beetles collected by French entomologist Hughes Bomans

Discodermid sponge
Discodermia lives a sessile life on the seabed around North America and the Caribbean

Shell and insect illustration
Table 240 From Natural History of Jamaica (1725) by Sir Hans Sloane

Papilio palinurus, emerald swallowtail
SEM image of an emerald swallowtails wing

Bombus pascorum, common carder bee
A female Bombus pascorum, common carder bee visiting a plant in the wildlife garden

Artogeia napi, green-veined white
SEM image of the wing of a Artogeia napi, green-veined white butterfly

Letter from A. R. Wallace to his mother, 28 May 1854
Page 2 of a letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to his mother about sending beetles to his agent Mr Stevens, future travel plans and his daily routine as a collector, dated May 1854

Shipworm borings
This block of wood was attacked by Teredo navalis, common shipworm about 50 million years ago

Papilio hyllus
Plate 93 taken from De Uitlandsche Kapellen by Pieter Cramer, 1721-1776

Asian moth
From a collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, painted from life for J. G. Loten, Dutch Governor of Ceylon (1752-1757) by P. C

Spider-hunting wasp
A spider-hunting wasp wedging her prey between grass blades before making a burrow

Belemnotheutis antiquus
A well-preserved Upper Jurassic squid aged 160 million years. This specimen originates from the famous clay deposits in Wiltshire

Pieris rapae, small white
SEM image of the wing of a small white butterfly

Sir John Lubbocks pet wasp
Sir John Lubbock (1834 - 1913) caught this wasp in the Pyrenees and kept it as a pet until its death 10 months later

Beetle illustration
Table 237 of A Natural History of Jamaica (1725) by Sir Hans Sloane

Moduza nuydai, butterfly
Photograph of the Moduza nuydai, Family Nymphalidae (Limenitidinae). Photographed by Harry Taylor

Euplagia quadripunctaria, Jersey tiger moth
Photograph of the brightly coloured and patterned Jersey tiger moth, found in the museum wildlife garden

Turritella agate

Drawer from Insect Collection of Sir Joseph Banks (1743 - 18
A collection of more than 4, 000 insects, including butterflies, flies, bugs and moths

Alaruasa violacea, tailed wax bug
The tailed wax bug does not actually have a tail at all, because the exraordinary growth behind it is pure wax, secreted from the abdomen in tiny amounts throughout its life

Crenidomimas concordia, butterfly
Photograph of the upperside of a Crenidomimas concordia, Family Nymphalidae (Nymphalinae). Photographed by Harry Taylor

Mollusc, Trophon longstaffi

Stethophyma grossum, large marsh grasshopper. Male specimen

Papilio machaon, old world swallowtail
SEM image of Papilio machaon wing

Exhibition of a giraffe to the public
A printed poster advertising the last week of the magnificent living Giraffe or camelopardalis with its Nubian attendant

Mollusca drawings
Plate 1 of Volume II of the British Anarctic (Terra Nova) Natural History reports

Opalised snails and clam
Found in the South Australia town of Coober Pedy, these ancient snail and clam shells have been preserved in semi-precious opal

Eocarcinus, the oldest crab fossil ever found
Three centimetres long and only a little longer than a finger nail. Discovered in Gloucestershire in the nineteenth century. This crab lived 180 million years ago

Insectorvum sive Minimorum Animalium Theatrvm, E. Wottono, C. G
Page 161 of Insectorvum sive Minimorum Animalium Theatrvm, E.Wottono, C.Gesnero, T.Pennio, 1634

Nymphalidae sp. butterflies
Original drawing for a plate in A field guide to the butterflies of Britain and Europe. Artwork by Brian Hargreaves. This picture must not be used without permission from Brian Hargreaves

Cuttlefish dissection drawing
Table LI, taken from Bibel der Natur byJan Swammerdamm

Moduza nuydai, butterfly
Photograph of the Moduza nuydai, Family Nymphalidae (Limenitidinae). Photographed by Harry Taylor

Heliconius doris, doris longwing
SEM image of Heliconius doris wing

Crenidomimas concordia, butterfly
Photograph of the underside of a Crenidomimas concordia, Family Nymphalidae (Nymphalinae). Photographed by Harry Taylor

Glove knitted from the beard threads of the pen shell (Pin
Made in the 1700s from the beard threads of the pen shell (Pinna nobilis), a large Mediterranean mollusc

Pollicipes mitella
These barnacles were collected by Hugh Cuming who is mostly known for collecting shells. He gave Darwin his barnacle collection to study

Crepidula, slipper limpets
Slipper limpets collected by Charles Darwin in Chile on the Beagle voyage (1831-1836)

Cambrian trilobites from the Falkland Islands
Trilobites from a cobble of archaeocyathan limestone from Port Purvis: PS 218, specimen number NHM PI PO 12074 in the collection of the Palaeontological Department of The Natural History Museum

Hofmannophila pseudospretella, brown house moth

Carboniferous crinoid garden
Artists impression of Carboniferous (354 to 290 million years ago) underwater crinoid garden

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