eggs

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

Broad bodied chaser Libellula depressa male cut to white

Common darter Sympetrum striolatum male cut to white male

Butterfly bouquest invented mix of flowers and butterfly cut to white

Dragonfly nymph Anisoptera from above dorsal view cut to white

Brown hairstreak Thecla betulae with wings folded, female flying behind, adult in foreground resting on a leaf

Emperor dragonfly Anax imperator male dorsal view cut to white

Small Copper Lycanae phlaeas Butterfly cut to white

Small Heath Butterfly Coenonympha pamphilus showing underwings

Small Pearl Bordered Fritillary butterfly Boloria selene

Small tortoiseshell butterfly Aglais urticae life cycle illustrated in pen and ink with colour top wash and host plant nettle

Small tortoiseshell butterfly Aglais urticae cut to white dead specimen so wings folded further back than in life

Speckled Wood butterfly Pararge aegeria cut to white

Swallowtail butterfly Papilio machaon cut to whtie

Large striped swordtail Graphium antheus cut to whtie

Tobacco horn worm Manduca sexta life cyle with Tobacco plant showing all the life stages including egg, pupa, caterpillar, and adult moth

Tobacco horn worm Manduca sexta life stages egg pupa larva adult cut to whtie