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Emperor dragonfly Anax imperator male dorsal view cut to white

Comma butterfly Polygonia c-album from above and from side cut to white

Four spotted chaser Libellula quadrimaculata male cut to white

Deaths head hawkmoth Acherontia atropos cut to white showing skull pattern on thorax

Hairy dragonfly Brachytron pratense male cut to white

Forester moth Adscita statices with folded wings on a scabious flower, showin1g black colour and glittery irridescence of the wings

Heath fritillary butterfly Melitaea athalia on cowwheat with speedwell, one in flight and one showing folded underwings

Red necked footman Atolmis rubricollis on cuckoo flower Cardamine with black wings folded and scarlet red collar on view

Silver washed fritillary butterfly Argynnis paphia cut to white one with folded wings one in flight, feeding on scabious flowers

Small tortoiseshell butterfly Aglais urticae cut to white

Azure damselfly Coenagrion puella cut to white

Banded demoiselle Calopteryx splendens in side view male cut to white

Black tailed skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum dorsal view showing yellow wing veins and blue body

Blue tailed damselfly Ischnura elegans male cut to white showing mostly black body

Broad bodied chaser Libellula depressa male resting on a reed leaf with a pond view and suggestion of landscape behind

Silver Y Moth Autographa gamma lifecycle showing caterpillar, silk cocoon, adult and egg arranged around the round leaved mint food plant

White admiral Limenitis camilla caterpillar and adult bitterfly quick sketch with food plant

Silver Y Moth Autographa gamma adult at an angle cut to white

Black hairstreak butterfly Satyrium pruni showing brown underwing and perched on a flowering bramble Rubus species

Six spot burnet moth Zygaena filipendulae showing food plants Birds foot trefoil Lotus corniculata and all the life stages of the life cycle including the yellow spotted with black caterpillar and amazing paper cocoons then dramatic moth with black and red wings, along with the papery cocoon wihcih is attached to tall stems of grasses

Small Chocolate tip moth Clostera pigra holding its wings unconventionally held against a leaf background

Small Copper Lycanae phlaeas Butterfly cut to white

Small Heath Butterfly Coenonympha pamphilus showing underwings

Small Pearl Bordered Fritillary butterfly Boloria selene