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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

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

Green Hairstreak Callophrys rubi butterfly view of adult with wings folded showing bright green underside

Hummingbird Hawkmoth Macroglossum stellatarum sketch feeding on a Nicotinia flower

Large blue butterfly Maculinea arion male showing underside of wings

Large Copper Lycaena dispar butterfly cut to white

Lunar Hornet esia bembeciformis Moth showing clear transparent hindwings and mimiryc patterns of wasp

Marsh Fritillary Euphydryas aurinia butterfly sketch showing markings, cut to white

Monarch Danaus plexippus butterfly cut to white

Orange Tip butterfly Anthocharis cardamines with outstretched wings cut to white

Painted lady Vanessa cardui butterfly with host plant Spear thistleCirsium spc and life cycle stages

Painted lady Vanessa cardui butterfly cut to white

Peacock butterfly Aglais io lifecycle with host plant nettle Urtica dioica

Spotted cucumber beetle Diabrotica undecimpunctata dorsal view showint bright yellow and black wing cases, cut to white

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