Top View Collection (#41)

Glyptoxanthus labyrinthicus crab. This crab is found on reefs along the Pacific coast of South America. Its carapace (upper shell) is covered in a series of channels (shown here)

Great spider crab and bryozoa. Great spider crab (Hyas araneus) carrying a bryozoan colony. This crab lives at a depth of 500-2000 metres in Atlantic waters and the North Sea

Male fiddler crab (Uca tetragonon). This crab is found throughout Polynesia. Male fiddler crabs (Uca sp.) communicate to rivals and potential mates by a sequence of waves

Carrier crab (Homolochunia kullar). This crab lives at a depth of 500-1000 metres in the Pacific Ocean around New Caledonia and Eastern Australia. Unusually, it has rear and front pincers

Calthrop crab (Rhinolambrus contrarius). This crab lives at a depth of 50-60 metres in Indonesia and the West Pacific. The carapace (shell) of this specimen measures 4cm wide

Adelie penguin specimen C016 / 6202
Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) specimen collected during Scotts British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913 (also known as the Terra Nova expedition) by expedition surgeon Murray Levick

Crane fly, artwork
Crane fly. Computer artwork showing the upperside of a crane fly (family Tipulidae)

Engorged Ixodes tick. Top view of an Ixodes sp. tick whose body is swollen full of blood it has ingested. Ticks are blood-sucking arachnids that feed on humans and other animals

False blister beetle. Male false blister beetle (Oedemera podagrariae) a blade of grass. These common beetles are found throughout most of Europe and the Near East. Photographed in Poland

Western conifer seed bug (Leptoglossus occidentalis) on a log. This insect was originally native the western USA (California)

Flea beetle on a thistle
Flea beetle (Sphaeroderma testaceum) on a spear thistle (Cirsium vulgare) leaf. This insect is a species of leaf beetle (family Chrysomelidae). Photographed in Zagan, Poland

Minotaur beetle. Female minotaur beetle (Typhaeus typhoeus) on sandy ground. This earth-boring dung beetle (family Geotrupidae)

Blackspotted pliers support beetle ( (Rhagium mordax) on a rotten tree stump. This species of longhorn beetle (family Cerambycidae) is found throughout much of Europe

Bishops mitre shield bug (Aelia acuminata) on a leaf. Photographed in Zagan, Poland

Forest bug on a leaf. Forest bugs (Pentatoma rufipes) are a species of shield bug (superfamily Pentatomoidea) that are common and widespread in forests and woodlands worldwide. Photographed in Poland

Rove beetle on moss
Rove beetle (Staphylinus caesareus) on moss. Rove beetles (family Staphylinidae) are the largest family of beetles, with approximately 58, 000 species worldwide. Photographed in Poland

Violet ground beetle on moss. The violet ground beetle, or rain beetle, (Carabus violaceus) is a nocturnal insect found throughout Europe and Japan. Photographed in Tatra National Park, Poland

Hoverfly on a leaf
Hoverfly (Helophilus pendulus) on a leaf. This is the most common hoverfly found in Britain. Photographed in Dorset, UK, in June

Comma butterfly on a flower. Comma (Polygonia c-album) butterflies range across Europe and temperate Asia to Japan, and south to Morocco. Photographed in Dorset, UK, in October

Woodlouse (Oniscus asellus). This species of woodlouse is widespread across Europe. Photographed in Poland

Lesser purple emperor butterfly. Lesser purple emperor (Apatura ilia) drinking from wet sand on the ground with its wings closed. This butterfly is native to most of Europe and Asia

Red slug on the ground. Red slugs (Arion rufus) are mostly found in Denmark, where it was introduced by some scientists into a forest near Silkeborg in 1913

Comoro black flying fox skulls C016 / 6070
Comoro black flying fox (Pteropus livingstonii) skulls seen from above and left side

Red frog crab (Ranina ranina). This edible crab lives at a depth of 10-15 metres on the sea bed of the Indo-West Pacific, from the African east coast to Japan and across the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii

Moon crab (Matuta victor). This swimming crab is found in the Indo-West Pacific and has legs that are flattened to enable it to swim efficiently through the water

Male Poupinia hirsuta crab. This crab lives at a depth of around 450 metres in Polynesia. The discovery of Poupinia hirsuta was a great scientific event for carcinologists (specialists in crabs)

Guard crab (Trapezia rufopunctata). This crab lives on coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific, Maldives and Polynesia. The carapace (shell) of this specimen measures 2cm wide

Spotted rock crab (Carpilius maculatus). This edible crab lives at a depth of 10-15 metres in the Indo-West Pacific. Its carapace (upper shell)

Spiny lizard C016 / 5864
Spiny lizard (Sceloporus asper). Illustration from Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1897)

Signal crayfish C016 / 5779
signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus). Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London, UK

Assassin bug C016 / 5673
Assassin bug (Eulyes illustris). Assassin bugs mainly inhabit tropical regions. They are blood-sucking predatory insects and are usually brightly coloured

Triatomine bug C016 / 5641
Triatomine bug (Triatoma brasiliensis). This South American blood-sucking bug transmits Chagas disease to humans

Triatomine bug C016 / 5638
Triatomine bug (Cavernicola pilosa). This South American blood-sucking bug transmits Chagas disease to humans

Triatomine bug C016 / 5639
Triatomine bug (Dipetalogaster maxima). This South American blood-sucking bug transmits Chagas disease to humans

Triatomine bug C016 / 5640
Triatomine bug (Rhodnius ecuadoriensis). This South American blood-sucking bug transmits Chagas disease to humans

Triatomine bug C016 / 5636
Triatomine bug (Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus). This South American blood-sucking bug transmits Chagas disease to humans

Triatomine bug C016 / 5637
Triatomine bug (Eratyrus mucronatus). This South American blood-sucking bug transmits Chagas disease to humans

Triatomine bug C016 / 5634
Triatomine bug (Panstrongylus megistus). This South American blood-sucking bug transmits Chagas disease to humans

Triatomine bug C016 / 5635
Triatomine bug (Panstrongylus geniculatus). This South American blood-sucking bug transmits Chagas disease to humans

Triatomine bug C016 / 5633
Triatomine bug (Psammolestes tertius). This South American blood-sucking bug transmits Chagas disease to humans

Triatomine bug C016 / 5632
Triatomine bug (Triatoma migrans). This South American blood-sucking bug transmits Chagas disease to humans

Triatomine bug C016 / 5631
Triatomine bug (Triatoma costalimi)

Triatomine bug C016 / 5630
Triatomine bug (Triatoma pallidipennis). This Mexican blood-sucking bug transmits Chagas disease to humans

Triatomine bug C016 / 5629
Triatomine bug (Triatoma rubrovaria). This South American blood-sucking bug transmits Chagas disease to humans

Kissing bug C016 / 5628
Kissing bug (Triatoma infestans). This South American blood-sucking bug transmits Chagas disease to humans

Desert locust C016 / 5620
Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria). Overhead view with wings outstretched from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London, UK

Box crab, artwork C016 / 5611
Box crab (Calappa philargius). Painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection, (1754-1757)

Spanish festoon butterfly C016 / 2300
Spanish festoon (Zerynthia rumina) butterfly. This butterfly is widespread in Spain. Specimen obtained from the University of Valencia, Spain

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