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SCHOOL LOANS: MINIBEAST/INVERTEBRATES ITEMS

BOX NUMBER
TITLE
DESCRIPTION
COELENTERATES
   

IB255

IB277

Corals, skeletons of 6 species

Sea anemones - Actinia equina

Telia felina

Adamsia palliata

Calliactis parasitica

Metridium senile

Anemonia sulcata

Beadlet anemone

Dahlia anemone

live on

hermit crabs

plumose anemone

snakelocks an

 

MOLLUSCS
   

IB259

Molluscs, Lepidochitom, Chiton or Coat of Mail Shell Marine

IF626

Cockle, Cardium edule Marine

IB687

Rock Borer, Hiatella sp Marine
IF559 Sea Slug (Sea Hare), Aplysia sp Marine
IF663 Sea Slug (Sea Lemon), Archidoris sp Marine
IF627 Limpet, Patella sp Marine
IF224 Great Slug, Arion ater Terrestrial
  Squid, Alloteuthis subulata Marine
  Common Sea Shells of the British Isles 37 Species & Notes
  Sea Mussel, Mytilus edulis Marine
  Snails of the Chiltern Downland 10 Species & Notes
  Snails of the Chiltern Woodland 12 Species & Notes
  Common Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Buckinghamshire 36 Species & Notes
  Freshwater Molluscs With Freshwater Insects
ECHINODERMS
   

IB102

Feather Star, Antedon bifida

Marine

IB384

Common Starfish, Asterias rubens

Marine

IB686

Sea Urchin, Echinus esculentus

Marine

SEGMENTED WORMS
   
IB269

Pond Leech, Nephelis vulgaris

Freshwater

ARTHROPODS: CRUSTACEANS
   
IB258

Barnacle, Balanus hameri

Marine

 

Goose Barnacle, Lepas anatifera

Marine
 

Shore Crab, Carcinus maenas

Marine
  Swimming Crab, Portunus sp Marine
 

Freshwater Shrimp, Gammarus pulex

Freshwater
  Common Prawn, Leander serratus Marine
  Hermit Crab, Eupagurus bernhardus Marine
  Crayfish, Astacus fluviatilis Freshwater
INVERTEBRATES: ARTHROPODS
   

IB283

Acorn Barnacle, Balanus sp

Marine

IB73

Crayfish, Astacus fluviatilis

Freshwater
ARTHROPODS: ARACHNIDS
   
IF543

Scorpion, Isometrus sp

Terrestrial

ARTHROPODS: INSECTS
   

IF224

Insects and Molluscs of Ponds and Lakes (also under molluscs)

17 Species

IF131

Insects in and Around Ponds and Streams

13 Species

IF689

Garden Insects

15 Species

IF182

Insects and Their Allies

29 Species

IF64

Destructive and Beneficial Insects and Their Allies  
INSECT: LIFE HISTORIES
   

IF22

German Wasp, Vespula germanica

Garden Social

IB55

Gnat, Culex pipiens

 

IF56

Blowfly, Calliphora  
IF288 Housefly, Musca domestica  
IF184

Large White, Pieris brassicIae

 
IB599 Locust, Locusta migratoria (not found in UK)  
INSECTS: BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS
   
IF360 British Butterflies 20 Species
IF114

British Butterflies

30 Species
IF71

Butterflies of Lanes and Fields

19 Species
IF95 Butterflies of Heath and Hillside 15 Species
IF181

British Moths

56 Species
IF286 Merveille Du Jour Moth, Griposia aprolina Protective Colouration
INSECTS: BEETLES


30 species

Carnivorous

Freshwater

6 species

 

 

IF359

British Beetles

30 Species
IF58

Colarado Beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, Leaf Beetle, Serious & Notifiable Pest of Potato Plant

Carnivorous
IB194

Great Diving Beetle, Dytiscus marginails (adults and larva)

Freshwater
IF272

Domestic Wood-boring Bbeetles

6 Species, With Samples of Damaged Wood & Photographs & Leaflets
INSECTS: HYMENOPTERANS
 

40 species

IF218

British Ants, Bees and Wasps

40 Species
IB190

Mayfly, Ephemera vulgata (useful if pupils come across the earlier stages in freshwater)

 

 
BOTANY
   
BB387 Lichens 5 Species
ANGIOSPERMS
 

 

BF238 Seed Dispersal 20 Species
MONOCOTYLEDONS

 

 
BB330

Wheat, Germination Stages

 

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