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Beavers Castor canadensis with beaver dam.  Illustration based in Tierra del Fuego, where introduced beavers have damaged the closed ecosystem. Illustration from The Hidden Universe: Adventures in Biodiversity by Alexandre Antonelli

Stenocara Fog or Handstand beetle.  Beetle is shown in its typical 45 degree position, facing incoming wind and fog to collect water vapour on the bumps of its elytra. Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Ayree (BBC Books).

Water plantain Alisma plantago-aquatica with details of fruit individual seed and one flower

Nursery web spider Pisaura mirabilis showing mother carrying egg sac

Branch with flowers and Baobab fruit

Ancient baobab tree showing its distinctive shape

Giant reed Arundo donax showing growth habit and flowering head of spikelets

Woodstock water meadow view with wildlife pond in foreground; seen with otter, kingfisher, and Peacock butterfly

Trout swimming Salmo trutta seen from above on a sandy river bottom, demonstrating carangiform movement

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

Nematode worm showing transparent nature and internal organs and body parts. Cut to white

Great diving beetle Dytiscus marginalis showing dark green colour and yellow thorax margin, blue background to show sub aquatic habitat

Yellow Flag Iris pseudoacorus in flower, pencil drawing

Yellow Flag Iris pseudoacorus in flower

Yellow water-lily Nuphar lutea pencil drawing of flowers, brandy bottle seed head, and leaves floating on the water surface

Watermint Mentha aquatica in flower

Skunk Cabbage Lysichiton americanus pencil drawing

Greater bladderwort Utricularia vulgaris pencil drawing showing flower above the water and the network of veins underwater with the bladder traps to catch aquatic microorganisms

Greater Spearwort Ranunculus lingua with water liley and floating leaves behind, emerging from clean water and showing flowers and seed head

Greater Spearwort Ranunculus lingua with flowers and seeds

Flowering rush Butomus umbellatus pencil drawing

Crack willow Salix fragilis tree shape without leaves and individual sprig of leaves and flowering catkin

Cucumber Cucumis sativus pencil drawing showing three types of cucumber along with leaves, flower, and tendrils

Bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius with fruiting spike emergent above the water, floating leaves and more lanceolate leaves underwater