Anopheles gambiae African Malaria mosquito unfed female
Anopheles gambiae African Malaria mosquito unfed female, posing in typical diagonal position
Larva of Anopheles gambiae Malaria mosquito
Larva of Anopheles gambiae Malaria mosquito showing typical position, parallel to the water surface
Pupa of Anopheles mosquito
Pupa of Anopheles mosquito based on Anopheles gambiae at water surface
Feeding African Malaria Mosquito Anopheles gambiae
Feeding African Malaria Mosquito Anopheles gambiae showing stylets as she feeds, and swollen belly with tergites forced apart and excess liquid excreted during feeding
African Malaria Mosquito Life cycle Anopheles gambiae
African Malaria Mosquito Life cycle Anopheles gambiae
Monarch & Queen butterflies on Mexican milkweed
Monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus & Queen butterfly Danaus gilippus life cycle on Mexican milkweed Asclepias curassavica. Illustration includes pupa and caterpillar for both species.
Wood ant nest
Wood ant nest. This nest belongs to the Southern red wood ant, Formica rufa. Wood ant nests do differ between species, although it can be hard to tell them apart.
Nest and budded smaller nest of wood ant
Nest and budded smaller nest of wood ant. This budding often happens with wood ant species.
Social parasitism Queen and worker ants
Social parasitism in ants. The queen of the Slave maker ant, Formica sanguinea, being tended to by workers of Dusky ant Formica fusca.
Worker ant Formica aquilonia Scottish wood ant
Worker ant F. aquilonia Scottish wood ant, in profile. Workers are all haplodiploid, sharing much of their genetic material with their mother, the queen. This supports their eusocial colonies.
Male wood ant Formica lugubis Hairy wood ant
Male wood ant F. lugubris Hairy wood ant. These males have dark bodies and yellow legs and genitals. Like the females, they have wings. Unlike the females, shortly after mating during the nuptial flight, they will die.
Queen ant Formica aquilonia Scottish wood ant
Queen ant F. aquilonia Scottish wood ant with wings. Newly emerged queens have wings, and following their mating and nuptial flight, they bite these off. This enables them to burrow underground and set up a new ant nest and colony, and to begin laying eggs and raising young.
Pupae and cocoon of wood ant and unsheathed pupae
Pupae of a wood ant, both within its cocoon, and extracted. Detail from a life cycle ant illustration by Lizzie Harper natural history and sciart illustrator
Larvae of wood ant
Larvae of wood ant showing their translucent bodies and segmentation.
Eggs of wood ant
Illustration of several eggs of a wood ant.
White Admiral Limenitis camilla
White Admiral Limenitis camilla butterflies with view of upper and lower wing, feeding on blackberry flowers
Small skipper Thymelicus sylvestris
Small skipper Thymelicus sylvestris natural history illustration on grasses
Brimstone butterfly Gonepteryx rhamni
Brimstone butterfly Gonepteryx rhamni with wings spread
Pond skater Gerris lacustris
Pond skater Gerris lacustris
Mayfly Ephemera vulgata
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
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
Desert locust Schistocerca gregaria on millet adult cut to white
Praying mantis Mantidae
Praying mantis Mantidae with green eyes and body, in typical prdatory watching and preying position, yellow belly, cut to white
Stonefly larva Plecoptera
Stonefly larva Plecoptera cut to white