insects

Detail of the thorax of the Scottish wood ant Formica aquilonia.  The illustration shows distribution of hairs up to the eyes.  This species is often confused with the Hairy wood ant which has longer hairs.

Ground ivy Glechoma hederacea pen and ink line drawing with detail of oen flower

Chironomid midge Micropsectra radialis  adult with larva.  Head capsule detail reconstructed form electron microscope images of fossilized remains.

Dandelion Taxacum officinale with details of seed and root

Wood anenome Anemone nemorosa lone flower with dark green leaf

Wildflower border roughly following seasonal growth with hellebore, anenome, bluebell and daffodil showing spring; winter aconite, witch hazel, and snowdrops for winter; scabious, foxglove, dog rose, knapweed, poppy, terasel, fringed waterlily and a painted butterfly for summer; mistletoe, Ivy with a spider, violets, holly, primrose, and a hoverfly also make an appearance

Wood anenome Anemone nemorosa pencil drawing

Vipers Bugloss Echium vulgare flowering spike

Sunflower Helianthus annuus close up of one flwoer

Sweet flag Acorus calamus fruit growing from leaf, pencil

Nigella and Scabious bouquet with Nigella seed pods

Oak bark Quercus robur study

Oak polypore fungus piptoporus quercinus bracket fungus growing on the side of an oak tree

Oak Quercus robur pen and ink tree shape without leaves

Meadow with wild flowers and insects and lark in the sky above, showing fertilized grassland without any other species then a gradual increase in flowers and other species until, in unimproved grassland, you have lots of wild flowers and associated insects, snails, and loveliness

Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria in flower

Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria pencil drawing

Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria flowers and one leaflet

Lesser celendine Ficaria verna with yellow flowers and bulbous root appendages

Horse Chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum twig and conker with fruit peeping out from the spiky seed cover

Horse Chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum flowering spike or candle

Ivy Hedera helix sprig and black berries

Ivy leaf Hedera helix one lone leaf

Ground ivy Glechoma hederacea with roots