metallic Archives - Lizzie Harper https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image_tag/metallic/ Natural History Illustration - for books, magazines & packaging Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:45:41 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Polka dot wasp Syntomeida epilais https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/polka-dot-wasp-syntomeida-epilais/ Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:45:41 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?post_type=image&p=15948 Polka dot wasp Syntomeida epilais completed for UKOTCF Montserrat

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]]> Antillean crested hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/antillean-crested-hummingbird-orthorhyncus-cristatus/ Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:44:36 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?post_type=image&p=15955 Antillean crested hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus completed for UKOTCF Montserrat

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]]> Swollen-thighed beetle Oedemera nobilis https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/swollen-thighed-beetle-oedemera-nobilis/ Wed, 03 Dec 2025 14:27:16 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?post_type=image&p=16078 Swollen-thighed beetle Oedemera nobilis illustrated for South Devon National landscape  

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]]> Orchid bee Euglossa cybelia https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/orchid-bee-euglossa-cybelia/ Tue, 01 Feb 2022 21:48:30 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?post_type=image&p=11604 Orchid bee Euglossa cybelia with Cycnoches guttulatum orchid.  Illustration from “The Hidden Universe” by Alexandre Antonelli

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]]> Sand Dunes Landscape https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/sand-dunes-landscape/ Fri, 02 Oct 2020 17:04:19 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?post_type=image&p=9845 Large landscape showing an idealised view of Bantham estate in Devon.  It explains the process of succession and stabilization in a sand dunes landscape.  Over 28 species of plant and 17 animals appear in this natural history illustration.  These include adders to sand wasps, Comma butterflies to linnets, and marram grass to Sea carrots. Species […]

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]]> Large landscape showing an idealised view of Bantham estate in Devon.  It explains the process of succession and stabilization in a sand dunes landscape.  Over 28 species of plant and 17 animals appear in this natural history illustration.  These include adders to sand wasps, Comma butterflies to linnets, and marram grass to Sea carrots.

Species List Plants:

  • Biting stonecrop
  • Bracken
  • Bramble
  • Burnet saxifrage
  • Carline thistle
  • Clematis
  • Clover
  • Germander speedwell
  • Goats beard
  • Kidney vetch
  • Lady’s bedstraw
  • Large flowered evening primrose
  • Lyme grass
  • Marram grass
  • Pyramidal orchid
  • Restharrow
  • Sand couch
  • Sea bindweed
  • Sea buckthorn
  • Sea holly
  • Sea rocket
  • Sea sandwort
  • Sea spurge
  • Selfheal
  • Stinking iris
  • Wild carrot
  • Woody nightshade
  • Yarrow

Species List Animals:

  • Bumblebee
  • Cinnabar moth
  • Clouded yellow butterfly
  • Comma butterfly
  • Common blue butterfly
  • Common lizard
  • Digger wasp
  • Grasshoppers
  • Great green bush cricket
  • Green Tiger beetle
  • Grey bush-cricket
  • Linnet
  • Sand wasp
  • Slow worm
  • Wheatear

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]]> Common British Garden invertebrates https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/common-british-garden-invertebrates/ https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/common-british-garden-invertebrates/#respond Mon, 17 Sep 2018 12:04:03 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/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

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]]> https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/common-british-garden-invertebrates/feed/ 0 Beautiful demoiselle Calopteryx virgo https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/beautiful-demoiselle-calopteryx-virgo/ https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/beautiful-demoiselle-calopteryx-virgo/#respond Mon, 17 Sep 2018 12:03:54 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/beautiful-demoiselle-calopteryx-virgo/ Beautiful demoiselle Calopteryx virgo male in side view showing irridescent blue body and beautiful irridescent wings held folded, perched on water side vegetation with red eyes and bright green thorax clear

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]]> https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/beautiful-demoiselle-calopteryx-virgo/feed/ 0 Emerald swallowtail Papilio Palinurus https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/emerald-swallowtail-papilio-palinurus/ https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/emerald-swallowtail-papilio-palinurus/#respond Mon, 17 Sep 2018 12:03:29 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/emerald-swallowtail-papilio-palinurus/ Emerald swallowtail Papilio Palinurus cut to white showing irridescent green spots and black wings

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]]> https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/emerald-swallowtail-papilio-palinurus/feed/ 0 Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/violet-ground-beetle-carabus-violaceus/ https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/violet-ground-beetle-carabus-violaceus/#respond Mon, 17 Sep 2018 12:03:20 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/violet-ground-beetle-carabus-violaceus/ Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus detailed dorsal view cut to white

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]]> https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/violet-ground-beetle-carabus-violaceus/feed/ 0 Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus 2 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/violet-ground-beetle-carabus-violaceus-2/ https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/violet-ground-beetle-carabus-violaceus-2/#respond Mon, 17 Sep 2018 12:03:20 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/violet-ground-beetle-carabus-violaceus-2/ Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus detailed dorsal view cut to white whith metallic purple wing case margins exaggerated

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