Knapweed Archives - Lizzie Harper https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image_tag/knapweed/ Natural History Illustration - for books, magazines & packaging Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:47:01 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 South Devon seascape with pollinators https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/south-devon-seascape-with-pollinators/ Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:47:01 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?post_type=image&p=15726 South Devon National Landscape generic seascape with pollinators & flowers

The post South Devon seascape with pollinators appeared first on Lizzie Harper.

]]> South Devon National Landscape generic seascape with pollinators & flowers

The post South Devon seascape with pollinators appeared first on Lizzie Harper.

]]> Welsh meadow landscape with Redstart https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/welsh-meadow-landscape-with-redstart/ Wed, 26 Feb 2020 12:06:42 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?post_type=image&p=9343 Welsh meadow landscape with Redstart, buzzard, swallows and lots of butterflies (Gilfach Nature reserve).  Numerous animal species illustrated include swallows, hoverfly, grasshopper, and bees.  Flowers include knapweed, thistles, buttercup, bedstraws, betony, sedges, and other riverside meadow plants.

The post Welsh meadow landscape with Redstart appeared first on Lizzie Harper.

]]> Welsh meadow landscape with Redstart, buzzard, swallows and lots of butterflies (Gilfach Nature reserve).  Numerous animal species illustrated include swallows, hoverfly, grasshopper, and bees.  Flowers include knapweed, thistles, buttercup, bedstraws, betony, sedges, and other riverside meadow plants.

The post Welsh meadow landscape with Redstart appeared first on Lizzie Harper.

]]> Painted lady Vanessa cardui butterfly with host plant thistle and life cycle stages https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/painted-lady-vanessa-cardui-butterfly-with-host-plant-thistle-and-life-cycle-stages/ https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/painted-lady-vanessa-cardui-butterfly-with-host-plant-thistle-and-life-cycle-stages/#respond Mon, 17 Sep 2018 12:03:29 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/painted-lady-vanessa-cardui-butterfly-with-host-plant-thistle-and-life-cycle-stages/ Painted lady Vanessa cardui butterfly with host plant Spear thistleCirsium spc and life cycle stages

The post Painted lady Vanessa cardui butterfly with host plant thistle and life cycle stages appeared first on Lizzie Harper.

]]> Painted lady Vanessa cardui butterfly with host plant Spear thistleCirsium spc and life cycle stages

The post Painted lady Vanessa cardui butterfly with host plant thistle and life cycle stages appeared first on Lizzie Harper.

]]> https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/painted-lady-vanessa-cardui-butterfly-with-host-plant-thistle-and-life-cycle-stages/feed/ 0 Painted lady Vanessa cardui butterfly https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/painted-lady-vanessa-cardui-butterfly/ https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/painted-lady-vanessa-cardui-butterfly/#respond Mon, 17 Sep 2018 12:03:29 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/painted-lady-vanessa-cardui-butterfly/ Painted lady Vanessa cardui butterfly cut to white

The post Painted lady Vanessa cardui butterfly appeared first on Lizzie Harper.

]]> Painted lady Vanessa cardui butterfly cut to white

The post Painted lady Vanessa cardui butterfly appeared first on Lizzie Harper.

]]> https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/painted-lady-vanessa-cardui-butterfly/feed/ 0 White tailed bumblebee Bombus lucorum on a thistle head https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/white-tailed-bumblebee-bombus-lucorum-on-a-thistle-head/ Mon, 17 Sep 2018 12:03:04 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/white-tailed-bumble-bee-bombus-lucorum-on-a-thistle-head/ White tailed bumble bee Bombus lucorum nestled in the florets of a thislte head

The post White tailed bumblebee Bombus lucorum on a thistle head appeared first on Lizzie Harper.

]]> White tailed bumble bee Bombus lucorum nestled in the florets of a thislte head

The post White tailed bumblebee Bombus lucorum on a thistle head appeared first on Lizzie Harper.

]]> Wildflower border https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/wildflower-border/ https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/wildflower-border/#respond Sat, 15 Sep 2018 06:04:58 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/wildflower-border/ 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

The post Wildflower border appeared first on Lizzie Harper.

]]> 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

The post Wildflower border appeared first on Lizzie Harper.

]]> https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/wildflower-border/feed/ 0 Grassland landscape showing associated species and best practice management https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/grassland-landscape-showing-associated-species-and-best-practice-management/ https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/grassland-landscape-showing-associated-species-and-best-practice-management/#respond Fri, 13 Apr 2018 12:32:56 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/grassland-landscape-showing-associated-species-and-best-practice-management/ Landscape of fields speckled with buttercups and grazing herds of sheep and cows, in the foreground there are shrubs then wild flower patches which provide cover for grey partridge, gatekeeper burtterflies, seven spot burnet moth, adonis blue butterfly, green woodpecker, hoverfly, bees, tiger beetle, and oil beetle on bare soil. WIld flowers shown include meadow […]

The post Grassland landscape showing associated species and best practice management appeared first on Lizzie Harper.

]]> Landscape of fields speckled with buttercups and grazing herds of sheep and cows, in the foreground there are shrubs then wild flower patches which provide cover for grey partridge, gatekeeper burtterflies, seven spot burnet moth, adonis blue butterfly, green woodpecker, hoverfly, bees, tiger beetle, and oil beetle on bare soil. WIld flowers shown include meadow cranesbill, ox eye daisy, birds foot trefoil, blackberry, orchid, black knapweed, and field scabious.

The post Grassland landscape showing associated species and best practice management appeared first on Lizzie Harper.

]]> https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/grassland-landscape-showing-associated-species-and-best-practice-management/feed/ 0 Brownfield site landscape with best practice management advice https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/brownfield-site-landscape-with-best-practice-management-advice/ https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/brownfield-site-landscape-with-best-practice-management-advice/#respond Fri, 13 Apr 2018 12:32:50 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/brownfield-site-landscape-with-best-practice-management-advice/ Landscape showing a brown field industrial site with factories and refineries in the distance, and an area of spoil and trah behind along with fly tipped wheels and bikes, flush next to a railway grown with buddejas; in the forground there are jackdaw and redstart, wild flowers and a small pool, and ltos of opportunist […]

The post Brownfield site landscape with best practice management advice appeared first on Lizzie Harper.

]]> Landscape showing a brown field industrial site with factories and refineries in the distance, and an area of spoil and trah behind along with fly tipped wheels and bikes, flush next to a railway grown with buddejas; in the forground there are jackdaw and redstart, wild flowers and a small pool, and ltos of opportunist species colonising this ruderal community

The post Brownfield site landscape with best practice management advice appeared first on Lizzie Harper.

]]> https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/brownfield-site-landscape-with-best-practice-management-advice/feed/ 0