
Tawny owl Strix aluco
Tawny owl Strix aluco sat on a branch, showing mottled plumage and large eyes.

Short-eared owl Asio flammeus
Short-eared owl Asio flammeus in heather

Tabby Cat Felis catus
Tabby Cat Felis catus looking at the viewer and sitting on grass. Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Ayree (BBC Books)

Kingfisher Alcedo atthis – colour
Kingfisher Alcedo atthis, 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.

Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
Kingfisher Alcedo atthis, 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.

Clouded leopard Neofelis nubulosa sketch
Clouded leopard Neofelis nubulosa at rest on a tree branch pencil sketch

Praying mantis Mantidae
Praying mantis Mantidae with green eyes and body, in typical prdatory watching and preying position, yellow belly, cut to white

Common British Garden invertebrates
Common British Garden invertebrates including violet ground beetle, silver y moth, earth worm, worm, flesh fly, honey bee, ladybird, and small tortoiseshell butterfly with written annotations on each

Southern damselfly Coenagrion mercuriale
Southern damselfly Coenagrion mercuriale male cut to white

Keeled skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens
Keeled skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens male resting on vegetation cut to white

Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula emerging
Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula in amongst vegetation emerging from its larval shell which it will leave behind as its exuvia, adult colours not yet fully developed, cut to white

Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula larva
Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula larvae under water on stony substrate with caudal lamellae or tracheal gills clearly visible; water plants including crowfoot behind

Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula entire life cycle
Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula life cycle showing all the life stages against a blue wash backround with aquatic plants and pebbles and mud, adult, mating pait, egg laying, egg, larva, exuvia, emergent adult all shown, water lily on water surface

Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula egg laying
Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula pair egg laying with male holding female with his anal claspers around her neck as she lays eggs just below the surface of the water

Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula mating
Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula pair mating in distinctive cartwheel shape with background of water and aquatic plants

Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula adult
Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula adult against a blue background

Migrant hawker Aeshna mixta
Migrant hawker Aeshna mixta adult male dorsal view cut to white

Red eyed damsel Erythromma najas
Red eyed damsel Erythromma najas male dorsal view cut to white

Red veined darter Sympetrum fonscolombii
Red veined darter Sympetrum fonscolombii

Southern damselfly Coenagrion mercuriale 2
Southern damselfly Coenagrion mercuriale male side view showing thoracic markings, resting on vegetation with abdomen slightly upturned

Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea male cut to white

Beautiful demoiselle Calopteryx virgo
Beautiful demoiselle Calopteryx virgo male in side view showing irridescent blue body and beautiful irridescent wings held folded, perched on water side vegetation with red eyes and bright green thorax clear

Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula adult male cut to white

Sarep sprite Pseudagrion sarepi
Sarep sprite Pseudagrion sarepi male in side view cut to white