sky blue

Adonis blue butterfly Polyommatus bellargus cut to white, completed for a chinaware company

Water forget-me-not Myosotis scorpiodes showing growth habit

Lone flower of the Field forget me not showing distinctive geometry and bright blue colour of the bloom

Changing forget-me-not Myosotis discolor showing yellow and pink and blue flowers

Common or Peleides blue morpho butterfly Morpho peleides.  Butterfly is on a leaf with magnified detail of the structure of the wing scales.  These ridges cause iridescence.  Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Ayree (BBC Books).

Lesser Periwinkle Vinca minor compared to Greater Periwinkle Vinca major.  Sketchbook study sheet shows details of flowers, leaves, leaf venation, a habit sketch, and cross sections of the periwinkle flowers.

Keeled skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens male resting on vegetation cut to white

Red eyed damsel Erythromma najas male dorsal view cut to white

Southern damselfly Coenagrion mercuriale male cut to white

Azure damselfly Coenagrion puella cut to white

Black tailed skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum dorsal view showing yellow wing veins and blue body

Blue tailed damselfly Ischnura elegans male cut to white showing mostly black body

Broad bodied chaser Libellula depressa male resting on a reed leaf with a pond view and suggestion of landscape behind

Broad bodied chaser Libellula depressa male cut to white

Emperor dragonfly Anax imperator male dorsal view cut to white

Large blue butterfly Maculinea arion male showing underside of wings

Alpine Longhorn beetle Rosalia alpina with blue grey wing cases and long antennae, legs slightly curled below him, dorsal view and cut to white

Wood forget-me-not Myosotis sylvtica with pink buds and blue flowers, and showing the hairy leaves

Wood speedwell Veronica montana showing red stem

Small scabious Scabiosa columbaria with flower detail and showing vegetative growth along a stolon

Nigella and Scabious bouquet with Nigella seed pods

Morning glory Ipomoea purpurea flowers twining and growing up a bamboo cane pyramid

Jacobs ladder Polemonium caeruleum with leaves and bright blue flowers

Cornflower example of a linear leaf