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Emperor dragonfly Anax imperator male dorsal view cut to white

Comma butterfly Polygonia c-album from above and from side cut to white

Four spotted chaser Libellula quadrimaculata male cut to white

Deaths head hawkmoth Acherontia atropos cut to white showing skull pattern on thorax

Hairy dragonfly Brachytron pratense male cut to white

Forester moth Adscita statices with folded wings on a scabious flower, showin1g black colour and glittery irridescence of the wings

Small tortoiseshell butterfly Aglais urticae life cycle illustrated in pen and ink with colour top wash and host plant nettle

Small tortoiseshell butterfly Aglais urticae cut to white dead specimen so wings folded further back than in life

Speckled Wood butterfly Pararge aegeria cut to white

Swallowtail butterfly Papilio machaon cut to whtie

Large striped swordtail Graphium antheus cut to whtie

Tobacco horn worm Manduca sexta life cyle with Tobacco plant showing all the life stages including egg, pupa, caterpillar, and adult moth

Tobacco horn worm Manduca sexta life stages egg pupa larva adult cut to whtie

Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus and meadow brown aniola jurtina butterfly in amongst grasses in a meadow, some in flight, with with upper wings on show and some showing under wings

Tobacco horn worm Manduca sexta moth

Scarlet tiger moth Callimorpha dominula on birds foot trefoil Lotus corniculata plant

Tobacco horn worm Manduca sexta with food plant tobacco

Silver Y Moth Autographa gamma lifecycle showing caterpillar, silk cocoon, adult and egg arranged around the round leaved mint food plant

White admiral Limenitis camilla caterpillar and adult bitterfly quick sketch with food plant

Silver Y Moth Autographa gamma adult at an angle cut to white

Black hairstreak butterfly Satyrium pruni showing brown underwing and perched on a flowering bramble Rubus species

Six spot burnet moth Zygaena filipendulae showing food plants Birds foot trefoil Lotus corniculata and all the life stages of the life cycle including the yellow spotted with black caterpillar and amazing paper cocoons then dramatic moth with black and red wings, along with the papery cocoon wihcih is attached to tall stems of grasses

Small Chocolate tip moth Clostera pigra holding its wings unconventionally held against a leaf background

Small Copper Lycanae phlaeas Butterfly cut to white