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Text and illustrations Plum weevil Conotrachelus nenuphar and associated damage

Sheet on Plum weevil sheet Conotrachelus nenuphar and associated damage to fruit

Oviposition scars in typical crescent shape on apple from Plum weevil Conotrachelus nenuphar

Grub of Plum weevil Conotrachelus nenuphar within a cherry

Apple damaged by Plum weevil Conotrachelus nenuphar showing oviposition scars, bumps, maggot holes, damage and rot.

Adult Plum weevil Conotrachelus nenuphar showing bumps on elytra and distinctive brown band

Adult Japanese beetle Popillia japonica with distinctive abdominal white tufts

Japanese beetle Popillia japonica adult and life stages, with egg, grub or larva, and pupa

False acacia or Black locust Robinia pseudoacacia with flower and seed pod detail

Dwarf serviceberry Amelanchier spicata flower and berries

Seedling of Dwarf Japanese knotweed plant Reynoutria or Fallopia japonica compacta

Dwarf japanese knotweed plant Reynoutria japonica compacta

Dwarf Japanese knotweed Fallopia or Reynoutria japonica compacta sketchbook study sheet

Dwarf Japanese knotweed Fallopia or Reynoutria japonica compacta with notes, sketchbook study of this invasive species

Bridewort Spiraea salicifolia botanical illustration showing flowering spike and leaves

Sheet on Apple maggot fly Rhagoletis pomonella detailing life stages and fruit damage

Apple maggot sheet Rhagoletis pomonella with notes showing damage to fruit as a result of an infestation by this pest

Adult Apple maggot Rhagoletis pomonella showing distinctive marked wings and scutellum white spot

Apple maggot Rhagoletis pomonella adult and life cycle stages showing egg, larvae (maggot), and pupa

Adult Apple maggot Rhagoletis pomonella on apple damaged by oviposition scars and maggots

Apple damaged by apple maggot Rhagoletis pomonella showing maggot damage and rotting

Red tailed bumblebee Bombus lapidarius with Cornflower Centaurea cyanus.  Second version of this seed packet design

Oxeye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare & buff-tailed bumblebee Bombus terrestris

Cornflowers Centaurea cyanus in a meadow with Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius