spiracles

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

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

Small tortoiseshell butterfly Aglais urticae life cycle illustrated in pen and ink with colour top wash and host plant nettle

Black hairstreak butterfly Satyrium pruni showing brown underwing and perched on a flowering bramble Rubus species

White admiral Limenitis camilla caterpillar and adult bitterfly quick sketch with food plant

Tobacco horn worm Manduca sexta with food plant tobacco

Tobacco horn worm Manduca sexta moth

Tobacco horn worm Manduca sexta life stages egg pupa larva adult cut to whtie

Tobacco horn worm Manduca sexta life cyle with Tobacco plant showing all the life stages including egg, pupa, caterpillar, and adult moth

Large striped swordtail Graphium antheus cut to whtie

Swallowtail butterfly Papilio machaon cut to whtie

Speckled Wood butterfly Pararge aegeria cut to white

Small tortoiseshell butterfly Aglais urticae cut to white dead specimen so wings folded further back than in life

Small Pearl Bordered Fritillary butterfly Boloria selene

Small Heath Butterfly Coenonympha pamphilus showing underwings

Small Copper Lycanae phlaeas Butterfly cut to white

Small Chocolate tip moth Clostera pigra holding its wings unconventionally held against a leaf background

Six spot burnet moth Zygaena filipendulae showing food plants Birds foot trefoil Lotus corniculata and all the life stages of the life cycle including the yellow spotted with black caterpillar and amazing paper cocoons then dramatic moth with black and red wings, along with the papery cocoon wihcih is attached to tall stems of grasses

Silver Y Moth Autographa gamma adult at an angle cut to white

Silver Y Moth Autographa gamma lifecycle showing caterpillar, silk cocoon, adult and egg arranged around the round leaved mint food plant

Scarlet tiger moth Callimorpha dominula on birds foot trefoil Lotus corniculata plant

Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus and meadow brown aniola jurtina butterfly in amongst grasses in a meadow, some in flight, with with upper wings on show and some showing under wings

Marsh Fritillary Euphydryas aurinia butterfly sketch showing markings, cut to white

Orange Tip butterfly Anthocharis cardamines with outstretched wings cut to white