Red-tailed bumblebee Bombus lapidarius
Red-tailed bumblebee Bombus lapidarius worker showing orange abdominal segments
Garden Bumblebee Bombus hortorum
Garden bumblebee cut to white showing markings and shaggy long hair
Common or Black Knapweed Centaura nigra
Common or Black Knapweed Centaura nigra, showing diverse leaf shape and typical spherical, purple flowering heads.
Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum sprigs
Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum showing two blooms with twisting stems.
Orchid bee Euglossa cybelia
Orchid bee Euglossa cybelia with Cycnoches guttulatum orchid. Illustration from “The Hidden Universe” by Alexandre Antonelli
Cycnoches guttulatum orchid with Euglossa cybelia orchid bee
Cycnoches guttulatum orchid with species specific pollinator Euglossa cybelia orchid bee. Illustration from The Hidden Universe: Adventures in Biodiversity by Alexandre Antonelli
Egyptian Rousette Bat Rousettus aegyptiacus – colour
Egyptian Rousette Bat Rousettus aegyptiacus, an animal used by humans for biomimicry. Illustration from the cover of “30 animals that made us smarter” by Partick Aryee. This illustration cannot be re-used in any other book titles.
Egyptian Rousette Bat Rousettus aegyptiacus
Egyptian Rousette Bat Rousettus aegyptiacus, an animal used by humans for biomimicry. Illustration from the cover of “30 animals that made us smarter” by Partick Aryee. This illustration cannot be re-used in any other book titles.
Honey bee worker Apis mellifera
Honey bee worker Apis mellifera illustration from A Life on Our Planet by David Attenborough
Welsh meadow landscape with Redstart
Welsh meadow landscape with Redstart, buzzard, swallows and lots of butterflies (Gilfach Nature reserve). Numerous animal species illustrated include swallows, hoverfly, grasshopper, and bees. Flowers include knapweed, thistles, buttercup, bedstraws, betony, sedges, and other riverside meadow plants.
Sweet orange Citrus sinensis
Sweet orange Citrus sinensis in bloom with single flower in detail.
Japanese Knotweed Fallopia japonica plant
Japanese Knotweed Fallopia japonica plant including roots underground
Linden or lime tree Tilia x europaea
Linden or lime tree Tilia x europaea pen and ink line drawing with detail
Pollinators bee ant hoverfly on Japanese knotweed Fallopia japonica
Pollinators bee ant hoverfly on Japanese knotweed Fallopia japonica
Heather Calluna vulgaris
Heather Calluna vulgaris pen and ink line drawing with details of the shoot and individual flower
Blackberry Rubus fruticosus
Blackberry Rubus fruticosus line drawing with focus on the blossom and berries
Blackberry sketchbook study Rubus fruticosus
Sketchbook study of the blackberry, focusing on the ripe and un ripe berries
White tailed bumblebee Bombus lucorum life cycle
White tailed bumble bee Bombus lucorum life cycle showing adult feeding, underground nest, feeding on thistle, feeding on foxglove, egg, emerging from egg,
Driver ant Dorylinae
Driver ant Dorylinae in balck and white, side view
Red ant Mymrica Rubra
Red ant Mymrica Rubra swift ink sketch with red wash and stippling
Common wasp Vespa vulgaris on pear
Common wasp Vespa vulgaris feeding on a ripe pear; sketch in colour
White tailed bumblebee Bombus lucorum on a thistle head
White tailed bumble bee Bombus lucorum nestled in the florets of a thislte head
Honey bee Apis mellifera
Honey bee Apis mellifera visiting the pear blossom in spring
Bilberry bumblebee Bombus monticola
Bilberry bumblebee Bombus monticola in amongst heath plants and heather with distinctive orange furry abdomen