Comments on: Mosquito life cycle – illustrating the Anopholes mosquito

By: Lizzie Harper

Lizzie Harper — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 10:48:58 +0000

In reply to Akpoke Matthew Ezenna. Hi Akpoke. It's based on lots of research from many sources. If you're interested in using it, please email me on info@lizzieharper.co.uk with some details of how you'd like to use it and I'll get back to you. So glad you like it! lizzie

By: Akpoke Matthew Ezenna

Akpoke Matthew Ezenna — Sat, 27 Jan 2024 12:10:34 +0000

Thank you for this wonderful over view of Mosquito life cycle.
Please can I get citations and references to it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 00:21:11 +0000

Lizzie Harper’s blog on the mosquito life cycle is both informative and eye-opening. Her honesty about the challenges she faced in researching and illustrating this complex topic adds a relatable touch to her work. The distinction between various mosquito species and their roles in transmitting diseases like malaria, West Nile virus, and Zika fever is crucial knowledge. Harper’s illustrations vividly capture the stages of Anopheles gambiae’s life cycle, making it easier for readers to understand the mosquito’s biology. It’s a reminder that not all mosquitoes are disease vectors, and many play vital roles in ecosystems worldwide.

By: Lizzie Harper

Lizzie Harper — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 06:57:29 +0000

In reply to Peter Little. Thanks Peter, so good to hear you're keen to look at mosses now x

By: Peter Little

Peter Little — Sat, 13 May 2023 18:21:21 +0000

Good evening Lizzie, once again apart from your illustrations which are really good I find myself investigating Mossies !!!!

Regards Peter

By: Lizzie Harper

Lizzie Harper — Thu, 04 May 2023 14:32:43 +0000

In reply to Naomi. Hey Naomi, thanks for the question. I painted both adult females on separate sheets of paper, and the other stages in a column of a third sheet. Scanned separately, they were then organised into a cycle arrangement. Almost the hardest part of the whole process was finding and using a decent set of arrows! So yes, your guess was right. And keep at it, anyone can paint like me if they're able to put in the hours. x

By: Naomi

Naomi — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 03:59:38 +0000

Hi Lizzie! Such beautiful work, I’m admiring your art from all the way down under in Australia. Thanks for showing close ups or your illustrations. I’m curious about your process – have you drawn each element onto separate bits of paper and then scanned them for their final placement into the diagram? Hoping to be as skillful as you someday!
Have a great day 🙂
Cheers, Naomi