wasp Archives - Lizzie Harper https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image_tag/wasp/ Natural History Illustration - for books, magazines & packaging Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:43:51 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Caribbean scoliid wasp Dielis dorsata female https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/caribbean-scoliid-wasp-dielis-dorsata-female/ Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:43:51 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?post_type=image&p=15961 Caribbean scoliid wasp Dielis dorsata female completed for UKOTCF Montserrat

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]]> Lilac Hedgerow encouraging wildlife https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/lilac-hedgerow-encouraging-wildlife/ Tue, 14 Feb 2023 08:49:32 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?post_type=image&p=12866 Hedgerows encourage birds, mammals, and insects and are easy to integrate into a garden.  this Swedish garden scene shows this priniciple.

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]]> Hedgerows encourage birds, mammals, and insects and are easy to integrate into a garden.  this Swedish garden scene shows this priniciple.

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]]> Wasps and bees hibernating in cracks in an old wall https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/wasps-and-bees-hibernating-in-cracks-in-an-old-wall/ Wed, 11 Jan 2023 18:29:38 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?post_type=image&p=12642 Wasps and bees hibernating in cracks in an old wall, showing common UK bee and social wasp species in the mortar of a church wall

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]]> Oak apple gall Cynips quercusfollii on English Pendunculate or Common Oak Quercus robur https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/oak-apple-gall-cynips-quercusfollii-on-english-pendunculate-or-common-oak-quercus-robur/ Tue, 24 Nov 2020 13:16:31 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?post_type=image&p=9982 Oak apple galls formed by Cynips quercusfollii gall wasps on twigs of the English Pendunculate or Common Oak Quercus robur

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]]> Oak apple galls formed by Cynips quercusfollii gall wasps on twigs of the English Pendunculate or Common Oak Quercus robur

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]]> Knopper gall Andricus quercuscalicis on English Pendunculate or Common Oak Quercus robur https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/knopper-gall-andricus-quercuscalicis-on-english-pendunculate-or-common-oak-quercus-robur/ Tue, 24 Nov 2020 13:14:04 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?post_type=image&p=9981 Knopper gall Andricus quercuscalicis on English Pendunculate or Common Oak Quercus robur.   Illustrations shows  mature gall, formed from acorn embryonic tissue thanks to the gall wasp

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]]> Knopper gall Andricus quercuscalicis on English Pendunculate or Common Oak Quercus robur.   Illustrations shows  mature gall, formed from acorn embryonic tissue thanks to the gall wasp

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]]> Knopper gall Andricus quercuscalicis and Oak apple gall Cynips quercusfollii on English Pendunculate or Common Oak Quercus robur https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/knopper-gall-andricus-quercuscalicis-and-oak-apple-gall-cynips-quercusfollii-on-english-pendunculate-or-common-oak-quercus-robur/ Tue, 24 Nov 2020 13:11:19 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?post_type=image&p=9980 Knopper gall Andricus quercuscalicis and Oak apple gall Cynips quercusfollii on English Pendunculate or Common Oak Quercus robur

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]]> Knopper gall Andricus quercuscalicis and Oak apple gall Cynips quercusfollii on English Pendunculate or Common Oak Quercus robur

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]]> Common Fig Ficus carica pen and ink with wash https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/common-fig-ficus-carica-pen-and-ink-with-wash/ Mon, 26 Oct 2020 16:26:33 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?post_type=image&p=9879 Common Fig Ficus carica pen and ink illustration with watercolour wash, showing fig and half fig

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]]> Common Fig Ficus carica pen and ink illustration with watercolour wash, showing fig and half fig

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]]> Sabre wasp Rhyssa persuasoria https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/sabre-wasp-rhyssa-persuasoria/ https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/sabre-wasp-rhyssa-persuasoria/#respond Mon, 17 Sep 2018 12:03:04 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/sabre-wasp-rhyssa-persuasoria/ Sabre wasp Rhyssa persuasoria using her long ovipositor to lay an egg with her long terminal cerci pointing upwards

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]]> Sabre wasp Rhyssa persuasoria using her long ovipositor to lay an egg with her long terminal cerci pointing upwards

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]]> https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/sabre-wasp-rhyssa-persuasoria/feed/ 0 Sabre wasp Rhyssa persuasoria 2 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/sabre-wasp-rhyssa-persuasoria-2/ https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/sabre-wasp-rhyssa-persuasoria-2/#respond Mon, 17 Sep 2018 12:03:04 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/sabre-wasp-rhyssa-persuasoria-2/ Sabre wasp Rhyssa persuasoria using her long ovipositor to lay an egg with her long terminal cerci pointing upwards

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]]> Sabre wasp Rhyssa persuasoria using her long ovipositor to lay an egg with her long terminal cerci pointing upwards

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]]> https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/sabre-wasp-rhyssa-persuasoria-2/feed/ 0 Ivy studies hedera helix sketchbook https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/ivy-studies-hedera-helix-sketchbook/ https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/ivy-studies-hedera-helix-sketchbook/#respond Fri, 13 Apr 2018 13:54:07 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/ivy-studies-hedera-helix-sketchbook/ Sketchbook page of studies of the Ivy Hedera helix with one leaf in full colour detail, a berry, a flowering leaf, a seedhead, and some stem examinations in full colour. Lots of line drawings and tonal pencil studies of other parts of the plant such as the seeds and flowers, line drawings and habit sketches […]

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]]> Sketchbook page of studies of the Ivy Hedera helix with one leaf in full colour detail, a berry, a flowering leaf, a seedhead, and some stem examinations in full colour. Lots of line drawings and tonal pencil studies of other parts of the plant such as the seeds and flowers, line drawings and habit sketches fill the sheet

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