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Eupholus bennetti weevil from above showing amazing powder blue and black markings

Common wasp Vespa vulgaris feeding on a ripe pear; sketch in colour

White tailed bumble bee Bombus lucorum life cycle showing adult feeding, underground nest, feeding on thistle, feeding on foxglove, egg, emerging from egg,

White tailed bumble bee Bombus lucorum nestled in the florets of a thislte head

Harlequin beetle Acrocinus longimanus cut to white showing distinctive orange and cohre pattern, elongated fore legs, and long antennae

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

Line drawing of a typical member of the scorpion family

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

Line drawing of a typical member of the spider family

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

Pen and ink illustration with brown watercolour top wash of a representative of the spider family

Yellow meadow ant Lasius flavus carrying an egg across the dirt

Wolf spider Lycosa

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