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Bird-eating spider Bird-eating spider

Bird-eating spider, imported with bananas from the West Indies, 1923

Lesser thorn-tipped longhorn beetle Lesser thorn-tipped longhorn beetle

Six Pogonocherus hispidus, lesser thorn-tipped longhorn beetle (originally identified as Pogonocherus fasciculatus, longhorn beetle), part of the collection of William Darwin Fox, second cousin of Charles Darwin, with whom he exchanged many specimens, including the water beetle, collected by Darwin near Cambridge, 1831

Humble Bee Humble Bee

Bombus lapidarius, bumblebee, dried specimen

Humble Bee Humble Bee

Bombus ruderarius, bumblebee, dried specimen, collected at a sewage farm in Cambridgeshire, England, 3 April 1930

Bumblebee Bumblebee

Bombus rupestris, bumblebee, female, dried specimen, Hampshire, 28 May 1944

Praying mantis Praying mantis

Mantis religiosa, praying mantis, dried specimen, Cachopo, Portugal, October 2010

Elephant hawkmoth Elephant hawkmoth

Deilephila elpenor, elephant hawkmoth, dried specimen

Dragonfly Dragonfly

Anax tristis, dragonfly, female, dried specimen, Bungulo Summit, Malawi, 4 May 1962

Madagascan hissing cockroach Madagascan hissing cockroach

Gromphadorhina portentosa, Madagascan hissing cockroach, dried specimen

Giant water bug Giant water bug

Lethocerus sp., giant water bug, dried specimen

Cricket Cricket

Schizodactylus monstrosus, cricket, dried specimen, India

Grasshopper Grasshopper

Sanaa imperialis, grasshopper, dried specimen

Wild silk moth Wild silk moth

Antheraea polyphemus, wild silk moth, male, dried specimen

Bluebottle Bluebottle

Calliphora vomitoria, bluebottle, female, dried specimen, Buckstone, Midlothian, 8 June 1917

Giant Centipede Giant Centipede

Scolopendra sp., centipede, dried specimen

Tail-less whip scorpion Tail-less whip scorpion

Heterophrynus elaphus, tail-less whip scorpion, dried specimen

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