insects

South Devon National Landscape generic seascape with pollinators & flowers

Polka dot wasp Syntomeida epilais completed for UKOTCF Montserrat

Spotless ladybird Cycloneda sanguinea completed for UKOTCF Montserrat

Angerona hairstreak Electrostrymon angerona completed for UKOTCF Montserrat

Bottle bee Melipona lautipes completed for UKOTCF Montserrat

Caribbean paper wasp Polistes crinitus completed for UKOTCF Montserrat

Caribbean scoliid wasp Dielis dorsata female completed for UKOTCF Montserrat

Angerona hairstreak Electrostrymon angerona pen and ink completed for UKOTCF Montserrat

Hanno blue butterfly Hemiargus hanno Red rim Biblis hyperia completed for UKOTCF Montserrat

Honey bee worker Apis mellifera completed for a chinaware design company

Dark green fritillary Speyeria aglaja completed for a chinaware company

Painted lady butterfly Vanessa carduii

Adonis blue butterfly Polyommatus bellargus cut to white, completed for a chinaware company

Small tortoiseshell butterfly Aglais urticae at rest, completed for a chinaware design company

Small tortoiseshell Aglais urticae butterfly at rest with wings only slightly open.

Broken-belted bumble bee Bombus soroeensis, showing the bumble bee in flight, male bee

Broken-belted male bumblebee in flight.  Illustration for Swedish packaging company

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

Green woodpecker Picus viridis anting for parasite removal

Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines butterfly with Cuckoo-flower Cardamine pratensis.  Illustration shows male butterfly with wigs open, and another with wings folder closed on the host plant Cuckoo-flower (or Ladies’ smock)