larval form

Aristobia approximator beetle

Spruce Bark beetle Ips typographus inset illustration against a background showing maternal and larval galleries in bark

Tropical beetle ventral view showing large hind legs and metallic red and green colouration

Buprestid metallic wood boring beetle cut to whtie showing its extraordinary rainbow colouration

Banded jewel beetle Chrysochroa buqueti rugicollis with wings outstetched and banded elytra on show, red metallic thorax

Colorado Potato beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata life cycle with adult, egg, pupa, and colourful orange grub all cut to whtie

Cotton boll weevil Anthonomus grandis adult and larva and pupa, the latter two inside developing cotton bolls

Dicronorrhina derbyana Derby’s flower chafer

Driver ant Dorylinae in balck and white, side view

Dorcadion scopoli Longhorn beetle cut to white

American lobster Homarus americanus pair with male with large claw and long red antennae in the foregrouf, female behind, colouration as when alive

White clawed crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes very simplifies line and wash drawing showing the crusatcean in profile

White clawed crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes in profile with claws lifted and antennae extended

Pen and ink illustration showing the diversity of members in the Crustacea family

Edible crab Cancer pagurus pen and ink illustration with rich watercolour top wash, cut to white, stippled, view from above

Fresh water shrimp Gammarus pulex on a sandy background showing its laterally compressed sides

Horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus wayercolour showing dorsal view of top of shell, cut to white

Woodlouse Porcellio scaber illustration showing the rough crey surface and segmented body. Cut to whtie

Honey bee Apis mellifera visiting the pear blossom in spring

Bilberry bumblebee Bombus monticola in amongst heath plants and heather with distinctive orange furry abdomen

Honey bee Apis mellifera detailed illustration of the worker

White tailed bumble bee Bombus lucorum showing fluffy hairs and stripes, wings outstretched, cut to white

Wildlife home diagram for a bumblebee nest with an inverted flower pop and a length of hose pipe as the entryway

Wildlife home diagram for a bumblebee nest showing a wooden box full of hay or straw, in a hole under a stone with a pipe for access