beetle

Rose chafer beetle, cut to white.  Common iridescent garden visitor

Illustration showing annotated carbon cycle including images of leaf litter detritovores, soil micro-organisms, root tips, and the importance of respiration and photosynthesis For more on this illustration, check out my blog

Illustration of the Carbon cycle, with all the elements and chemicals involved in the cycle (but omitting arrows and english text).  For more on this illustration, check out my blog

Animals shown are spider, snail, centipede, worm, woodlouse, pseudoscorpion, mite, slug, ground beetle, earwig, and spider

Stenocara Fog or Handstand beetle.  Beetle is shown in its typical 45 degree position, facing incoming wind and fog to collect water vapour on the bumps of its elytra. Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Ayree (BBC Books).

Large landscape showing an idealised view of Bantham estate in Devon.  It explains the process of succession and stabilization in a sand dunes landscape.  Over 28 species of plant and 17 animals appear in this natural history illustration.  These include adders to sand wasps, Comma butterflies to linnets, and marram grass to Sea carrots. Species […]

Coastal Hay Meadow in Devon (Bentham).  Illustration shows idealised grassland scene with insects, birds, and wild flowers one would hope to see in a well managed coastal hay meadow.

Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata diagram with outstretched wing

Salt marsh landscape showing mud and a cross section of the snails and invertebrates who live here, wading and predatory birds above in the glasswort and aquatic plants; further away from the salt estuary are soft cliffs and the distant sea