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Common or Red headed Cardinal beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis entomological illustration

Chironomid midge Micropsectra radialis  adult with larva.  Head capsule detail reconstructed form electron microscope images of fossilized remains.

Brimstone butterfly Gonepteryx rhamni with wings spread

Mayfly Ephemera vulgata adult side view showing wing venation with markings, green body, and lack of mouth parts Perched on a stem, cut to white

Desert locust Schistocerca gregaria life cycle including early instars, hopper nymphs, egg laying, millet, and swarm in the sky

Desert locust Schistocerca gregaria on millet adult cut to white

Pond skater Gerris lacustris

Praying mantis Mantidae with green eyes and body, in typical prdatory watching and preying position, yellow belly, cut to white

Stonefly larva Plecoptera cut to white

Stick insect Carausius morosus cut to white

Stonefly larva on dand and pebbles river or pond or stream substrate, with drop shadow

Desert locust Schistocerca gregaria cut to white sketch

Cockroach Blattodea prototype with one wng extended to show body underneath, cut to white

American Cockroach periplanta america with long antennae 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

Earwig Forficula auricularia quick sketch from above cut to white

Hemipteran bug diagram showing the general form of these insects, black and white, stippled, cut to white, watercolour wash, cut to white, cicada

Keeled skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens male resting on vegetation cut to white

Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula in amongst vegetation emerging from its larval shell which it will leave behind as its exuvia, adult colours not yet fully developed, cut to white

Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula larvae under water on stony substrate with caudal lamellae or tracheal gills clearly visible; water plants including crowfoot behind

Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula life cycle showing all the life stages against a blue wash backround with aquatic plants and pebbles and mud, adult, mating pait, egg laying, egg, larva, exuvia, emergent adult all shown, water lily on water surface

Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula pair egg laying with male holding female with his anal claspers around her neck as she lays eggs just below the surface of the water

Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula pair mating in distinctive cartwheel shape with background of water and aquatic plants