shedding skin

Brimstone butterfly Gonepteryx rhamni with wings spread

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

Stick insect Carausius morosus cut to white

Stonefly larva Plecoptera cut to white

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

Pond skater Gerris lacustris

Desert locust Schistocerca gregaria on millet adult cut to white

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

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

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

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

Silver washed fritillary butterfly Argynnis paphia cut to white one with folded wings one in flight, feeding on scabious flowers

Butterfly bouquest invented mix of flowers and butterfly cut to white

Brown hairstreak Thecla betulae with wings folded, female flying behind, adult in foreground resting on a leaf

Comma butterfly Polygonia c-album from above and from side cut to white

Deaths head hawkmoth Acherontia atropos cut to white showing skull pattern on thorax

Forester moth Adscita statices with folded wings on a scabious flower, showin1g black colour and glittery irridescence of the wings

Heath fritillary butterfly Melitaea athalia on cowwheat with speedwell, one in flight and one showing folded underwings

Red necked footman Atolmis rubricollis on cuckoo flower Cardamine with black wings folded and scarlet red collar on view