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Praying mantis Mantidae with green eyes and body, in typical prdatory watching and preying position, yellow belly, cut to white

Desert locust Schistocerca gregaria cut to white sketch

Caddis fly Trichoptera larvae in pebble case underwater on sandy substrate

Centipede Chilopod dorsal view cut to white

Cockroach Blattodea prototype with one wng extended to show body underneath, cut to white

American Cockroach periplanta america with long antennae cut to white

Common British Garden invertebrates including violet ground beetle, silver y moth, earth worm, worm, flesh fly, honey bee, ladybird, and small tortoiseshell butterfly with written annotations on each

Cricket diagram Gryllidae watercolour wash over pen and ink stippled illustration

Earwig Forficula auricularia quick sketch from above cut to white

Hemipteran bug diagram showing the general form of these insects, black and white, stippled, cut to white, watercolour wash, cut to white, cicada

Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula adult male cut to white

Sarep sprite Pseudagrion sarepi male in side view cut to white

Keeled skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens male resting on vegetation cut to white

Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula in amongst vegetation emerging from its larval shell which it will leave behind as its exuvia, adult colours not yet fully developed, cut to white

Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula larvae under water on stony substrate with caudal lamellae or tracheal gills clearly visible; water plants including crowfoot behind

Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula life cycle showing all the life stages against a blue wash backround with aquatic plants and pebbles and mud, adult, mating pait, egg laying, egg, larva, exuvia, emergent adult all shown, water lily on water surface

Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula pair egg laying with male holding female with his anal claspers around her neck as she lays eggs just below the surface of the water

Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula pair mating in distinctive cartwheel shape with background of water and aquatic plants

Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula adult against a blue background

Migrant hawker Aeshna mixta adult male dorsal view cut to white

Red eyed damsel Erythromma najas male dorsal view cut to white

Red veined darter Sympetrum fonscolombii

Southern damselfly Coenagrion mercuriale male cut to white

Southern damselfly Coenagrion mercuriale male side view showing thoracic markings, resting on vegetation with abdomen slightly upturned