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Queen ant F. aquilonia Scottish wood ant with wings.  Newly emerged queens have wings, and following their mating and nuptial flight, they bite these off.  This enables them to burrow underground and set up a new ant nest and colony, and to begin laying eggs and raising young.

Pupae of a wood ant, both within its cocoon, and extracted.  Detail from a life cycle ant illustration by Lizzie Harper natural history and sciart illustrator

Larvae of wood ant showing their translucent bodies and segmentation.

Illustration of several eggs of a wood ant.

Detail of the thorax of the Scottish wood ant Formica aquilonia.  The illustration shows distribution of hairs up to the eyes.  This species is often confused with the Hairy wood ant which has longer hairs.

Bird’s foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus with seed pod and individual flower and calyx

Virginia spiderwort Tradescantia virginiana sketchbook study

Turkey tail fungus Trametes versicolor botanical illustration

Tupelo Nyssa ogeche with single flower botanical illustration

Yellow headed amazon parrot Amazona oratrix on perch with red epaulettes

Yarrow Achillea millefolium sketchbook study with flower and leaf in coolour

Woodpecker skull with hyoid horns diagram, viewed in profile

Woodpecker skull with hyoid horns view from above diagram

Wood sorrel Oxalis acetosela pen and ink illustration

Wood sage Teucrium scorodonia botanical illustration

Wintercress pen and ink line drawing with detail of an individual flower

Winter purslane Claytonia perfoliata pen and ink illustration

Wild marjoram Origanum vulgare pen and ink botanical illustration

Sloe Prunus spinosa sketchbook study including stuck in leaf and studies of fruit and blossom

Shaggy Ink cap Coprinus comatus pen and ink botanical illustration

Serviceberry Amelanchier arborea sketchbook study with an autumn coloured leaf and individual flower

Septoria triitici Wheat disease showing damage to a wheat leaf botanical illustration

Sea beet Beta maritima pen and ink botanical illustration

Scarlet Elf cap Sarcoscypha coccinea pen and ink illustration against moss