Parasite Collection

Flying fish, with a Parasitic Growth on its Back, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Flying fish, with a Parasitic Growth on its Back, 1858. "The flying-fish of which I send you a Sketch flew into the mizen-chains of Messrs Green's East Indiaman Monarch

Exillaria crystallinum parasitic, ca. 1853. Creator: Anna Atkins
Exillaria crystallinum parasitic, ca. 1853

Achnanthes longipes. (parasitic. ), ca. 1853. Creator: Anna Atkins
Achnanthes longipes. (parasitic.), ca. 1853

Diseases of the potato, c1920. In the centre is Potato Blight (Phytophtera infestans) a fungal infection spread by aphids, which destroyed crops in Ireland

Flea, wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect, 1665. The human flea (Pulex irritans) can transmit plague. From Micrographia by Robert Hooke (1635-1703)

Louse clinging to a human hair, 1665
Human Louse, a wingless parasitic insect, 1665. The human louse, a wingless parasitic insect, is now known to be a vector for epidemics of typhus. From Micrographia by Robert Hooke (1635-1703)

Louse clinging to a human hair in Hookes Micrographia, 1665. Robert Hooke was born on the Isle of Wight, and studied at Oxford University

Cover of a booklet on entomology, 1933. Cover of a booklet on the work of French entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre (1823-1915)

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