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

Dragonfly nymph Anisoptera from above dorsal view cut to white

Emperor dragonfly Anax imperator male dorsal view cut to white

Four spotted chaser Libellula quadrimaculata male cut to white

Hairy dragonfly Brachytron pratense male cut to white

Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus and meadow brown aniola jurtina butterfly in amongst grasses in a meadow, some in flight, with with upper wings on show and some showing under wings

Scarlet tiger moth Callimorpha dominula on birds foot trefoil Lotus corniculata plant

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

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

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

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