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Swift Apus apus parent visiting its nest in the eaves of a brick barn

House martin Delichon urbicum at nest in the eaves

Swift Apus apus in flight showing sickle shaped wings and dark stomach

Swift Apus apus and House martin Delichon urbicum comparison of the two birds in flight

Nesting tower for swifts, martins, & bats diagram showing the slots for bats, curved slits for swifts and nests for martins

Monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus & Queen butterfly Danaus gilippus life cycle on Mexican milkweed Asclepias curassavica.  Illustration includes pupa and caterpillar for both species.

Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Ayree (BBC Books).  Illustration shows an albatross above the wides with distinctive wide wing span and hooked book with tube nostrils.

Egyptian Rousette Bat Rousettus aegyptiacus, an animal used by humans for biomimicry. Illustration from the cover of “30 animals that made us smarter” by Partick Aryee.  This illustration cannot be re-used in any other book titles.

Egyptian Rousette Bat Rousettus aegyptiacus, an animal used by humans for biomimicry. Illustration from the cover of “30 animals that made us smarter” by Partick Aryee.  This illustration cannot be re-used in any other book titles.

  Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto pair on Copper beech

Swift Apus apus compared to  passerine wing shape and bones diagram

Heath fritillary butterfly Melitaea athalia on cowwheat with speedwell, one in flight and one showing folded underwings

Drosophila fruit flies male and female along side each other showing sexual dimorphism, cut to white

Blue bottle fly Calliphora vomitoria adult cut to whtie

Flesh fly Sarcophaga crassipalpis with maggot and pupa

Green Tiger Beetle Cicindela campestris cut to white dorsal view showing green wu=ing cases with white markings and metallic pink legs and ferocious jaws

Daubenton’s bat Myotis daubentonii in flight with open mouth, cut to white

Brown long eared bat Plecotus auritus in flight

Bechstein’s bat Myotis bechsteinii flying toward the viewer, mouth slightly open and wrinkled wings outstretched

Little tern Sternula albifrons flying over a beach with marram grass on dunes, shingelo behind, and distant hills on the horizon