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Trapdoor jaw ant Odontomachus bauri head showing mandibles with trigger hairs From “30 Animsl that made us Smarter” by Patrick Aryee (BBC Books)

Centipede Chilopod dorsal view cut to white

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

Cricket diagram Gryllidae watercolour wash over pen and ink stippled illustration

Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus detailed dorsal view cut to white

Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus detailed dorsal view cut to white whith metallic purple wing case margins exaggerated

Ladybird Coccinella septempuctata dorsal view showing red wing cases with black spots

Ladybird Coccinella septempuctata dorsal view showing red wing cases with black spots

Ladybird Coccinella septempuctata dorsal view showing red wing cases with black spots

Sinodendron cylindricum Rhinoceros beetle showing texture and rough elytra, cut to white, dorsal view

Spotted cucumber beetle Diabrotica undecimpunctata dorsal view showint bright yellow and black wing cases, cut to white

Stephanorrhina guttata spotted flower beetle

Green Tiger Beetle Cicindela campestris cut to white dorsal view showing green wu=ing cases with white markings and metallic pink legs and ferocious jaws

Two spot Black ladybird Adalia 2-punctata dorsal view, sketch, cut to whtie

Ladybird larvae Coccinella showing yellow and black colour and distintive shape of this active grub

Lesser diving beetle Acilius sulcatus pointing downwards with water weed behind, hind legs outstretched to show how they resemble oars

Black velvety Longhorn beetle Cerambycidae

Alpine Longhorn beetle Rosalia alpina with blue grey wing cases and long antennae, legs slightly curled below him, dorsal view and cut to white

Long horn beetle with blue markings on the elytra, yellow spots on the legs and long antennae, cut to white, dorsal view

Eupholus bennetti weevil cut to white from the side looking like it’s about to walk off somewhere

Giant African Long horn beetle Pterognatha gigas showing pale wing cases, brown clour, and long antennae, dorsal view, cut to white

Euphoria fulgida Flower chafer

Purpuricenus kaehleri wood boring beetle

European rhino beetle Oryctes nasicornis dorsal view cut to whtie