Devon

South Devon National Landscape generic seascape with pollinators & flowers

Swollen-thighed beetle Oedemera nobilis illustrated for South Devon National landscape  

Thrift clearwing moth Pyropteron muscaeforme on Thrift illustrated for South Devon National landscape

Narrow-leaved everlasting sweet pea Lathyrus sylvestris illustrated for South Devon National landscape

Long-horned bee Eucera longicornis illustrated for South Devon National landscape

Ivy bee Colletes hederae illustrated for South Devon National landscape

Great green bush cricket Tettigonia viridissima illustrated for South Devon National landscape

Dotted bee fly Bombylius discolor illustrated for South Devon National landscape

Dark-edged bee fly Bombylius major illustrated for South Devon National landscape

Bloody-nosed beetle Timarcha tenebricosa illustrated for South Devon National Landscapes

Autumn squill Prospero or Scilla autumnalis illustrated for South Devon National Landscape

Hornet robber fly Asilus crabroniformis illustrated for South Devon Living landscape watercolour natural history illustration by Lizzie Harper

Brown-banded carder bee Bombus humilus illustrated for South Devon Living landscape

Sharp rush Juncus acutus with leaf tip and nutlet detail

Sand pansy Viola tricolor ssp curtisi showing insubstantial foliage and yellow and white flowers

Reindeer lichen Cladonia rangiformis showing spots of algae growing on the grey branches

Early Marsh Orchid Dactylorhiza incarnata ssp coccinea showing distinctive red flowers and stocky low habit

Close up of one flower showing reflexed sides of labellum and red colour

Portland spurge Euphorbia portlandica with flower fruit seed and leaf underside

Lesser Hawkbit Leontodon saxatilis with details of pappas types on two different achenes

With stem detail showing swollen red bases of stem hairs

With spikelet detail, showing how the upper leaf looks like a continuation of the stem

Sand hill screwmoss Wet specimen showing green starry tips against bronze background

Dry specimen showing how incurled the moss becomes when not wet