
Carribean Reef Octopus Octopus briareus – colour
Illustration of the Carribean reef octopus which shows cryptic colouration. Illustration from the cover of “30 animals that made us smarter” by Partick Aryee. Illustration cannot be re-used in any other book titles.

Carribean Reef Octopus Octopus briareus
Illustration of the Carribean reef octopus which shows cryptic colouration. Illustration from the cover of “30 animals that made us smarter” by Partick Aryee. Illustration cannot be re-used in any other book titles.

Ammonite Dactylioceras commune
Ammonite Dactylioceras commune fossil similar to those collected by David Attenborough as a child

Small skipper Thymelicus sylvestris
Small skipper Thymelicus sylvestris natural history illustration on grasses

Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata diagram
Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata diagram with outstretched wing

Common or Red headed Cardinal beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis
Common or Red headed Cardinal beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis entomological illustration

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

Brimstone butterfly Gonepteryx rhamni
Brimstone butterfly Gonepteryx rhamni with wings spread

Mayfly Ephemera vulgata
Mayfly Ephemera vulgata adult side view showing wing venation with markings, green body, and lack of mouth parts Perched on a stem, cut to white

Desert locust Schistocerca gregaria life cycle
Desert locust Schistocerca gregaria life cycle including early instars, hopper nymphs, egg laying, millet, and swarm in the sky

Desert locust Schistocerca gregaria on Millet
Desert locust Schistocerca gregaria on millet adult cut to white

Pond skater Gerris lacustris
Pond skater Gerris lacustris

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

Stonefly larva Plecoptera
Stonefly larva Plecoptera cut to white

Stick insect Carausius morosus
Stick insect Carausius morosus cut to white

Stonefly larva Plecoptera 2
Stonefly larva on dand and pebbles river or pond or stream substrate, with drop shadow

Desert locust Schistocerca gregaria
Desert locust Schistocerca gregaria cut to white sketch

Cockroach Blattodea
Cockroach Blattodea prototype with one wng extended to show body underneath, cut to white

American Cockroach periplanta america
American Cockroach periplanta america with long antennae 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

Coral cross section
Coral cross section pen and ink monochrome illustration including a scene of a coral reef with a detailed close up of the internal organs of a typical coral polyp

Cricket diagram Gryllidae
Cricket diagram Gryllidae watercolour wash over pen and ink stippled illustration

Earwig Forficula auricularia
Earwig Forficula auricularia quick sketch from above cut to white

Hemipteran bug
Hemipteran bug diagram showing the general form of these insects, black and white, stippled, cut to white, watercolour wash, cut to white, cicada