cocoon

Painted lady Vanessa cardui butterfly cut to white

Peacock butterfly Aglais io lifecycle with host plant nettle Urtica dioica

Peacock butterfly Aglais io cut to white

Large Emerald moth Geometra papilionaria with wings outstretched cut to white

Pearl Bordered Fritillary Boloria euphrosyne cut to white

Emerald swallowtail Papilio Palinurus cut to white showing irridescent green spots and black wings

Prominent moth with brown lower wings outstretched

Emperor moth Saturnia pavonia female adult cut to whtie showing grey and brown furry wings with eyespots

Purple emperor butterfly Apatura ilia cut to white

Grayling butterfly Hipparchia semele

Red admiral Vanessa atalanta cut to white

Flesh fly Sarcophaga crassipalpis with maggot and pupa

Blue bottle fly Calliphora vomitoria adult cut to whtie

Drosophila fruit flies male and female along side each other showing sexual dimorphism, cut to white

American cabbage looper Trichoplusia ni caterpillar showing pale green colour, cut to white and busy looping along

Atlas moth Attacus atlas with wings outstretched showing glorious brown and orange marks on wings and feathered antennae

Common blue Polymmatus icarus male in field, with background landscape and ladies smock, knapweed, scabious, and buttercups in meadowland

Common blue Polymmatus icarus male cut to whtie

Common blue Polymmatus icarus male with wings outstretched and view with wings folded showing white and black spots and orange spots

Dark Green Fritillary butterfly Argynnis aglaja with wings folded so you can see the green and species specific dark green colours on the underside, cut to white

Elephant Hawk moth Deilephila elpenor with honeysuckle behind, feeding from the flowers in the evening