hand drawn

Scots pine Pinus sylvestris cones, one mature and one less ripe

Leaf and prickly seed case along with one chestnut

Silver birch seeds with detail of one individual seed

Ash Fraxinus excelsior keys in autumn, having turned brown

Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus winged seeds showing ripe and unripe paired seeds

Wych Elm Ulmus glabra leaf and seeds with close up of one seed

Small-leaved Lime leaf and seeds Tilia cordata with bract

Horse chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum conkers both in, and out of, their seed case

London plane Platanus × acerifolia leaf and seeds, with details of individual seeds

Norway spruce Picea abies cone and individual seed

Spindle Euonymus europaeus bright coloured autumn leaf and berries

Guelder rose Viburnum opulus leaf and fruit showing shiny red berries

Field maple Acer campestre sprig showing leaves and developing seeds and close up of mature seeds

Hornbeam Carpinus betulus mature dry seed with bracts

Banded demoiselle Calyopteryx splendens male perched on a reed

Common or smooth newt Lissotriton vulgaris cut to white

Red-tailed bumblebee Bombus lapidarius worker showing orange abdominal segments

Common frog Rana temporia watercolour illustration cut to white

Cut to white illustration of female common toad showing warty skin and orange eye

Anopheles gambiae African Malaria mosquito unfed female, posing in typical diagonal position

Larva of Anopheles gambiae Malaria mosquito showing typical position, parallel to the water surface

Pupa of Anopheles mosquito based on Anopheles gambiae at water surface

Feeding African Malaria Mosquito Anopheles gambiae showing stylets as she feeds, and swollen belly with tergites forced apart and excess liquid excreted during feeding

African Malaria Mosquito Life cycle Anopheles gambiae