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With spikelet detail, showing how the upper leaf looks like a continuation of the stem

Sand hill screwmoss Wet specimen showing green starry tips against bronze background

Dry specimen showing how incurled the moss becomes when not wet

Syntrichia ruraliformis ruraliformis fascicle and leaf with hyaline tip

Western eyebright Euphrasia tetraquetra with leaf & flower detail

Sharp rush Juncus acutus with nutlet and inflorescence

Bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella showing sprawling habit

Perennial Cornflower Centaurea montana cut to white

Showing seed, pale pink flowers, woolly blue leaves and a seed

Showing yellow and cream colouration and sprawling, tufted habit  

Rough bent grass Agrostis scabra with details of spikelet and ligule

Little Bluestem grass Schizachryium scoparium including roots

Anopheles gambiae African Malaria mosquito unfed female, posing in typical diagonal position

Larva of Anopheles gambiae Malaria mosquito showing typical position, parallel to the water surface

Pupa of Anopheles mosquito based on Anopheles gambiae at water surface

Feeding African Malaria Mosquito Anopheles gambiae showing stylets as she feeds, and swollen belly with tergites forced apart and excess liquid excreted during feeding

African Malaria Mosquito Life cycle Anopheles gambiae

Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum showing red spotted stems and variable leaf shape

Cannock chase berry Vaccinium x inermedium V. myrtillus x V. vitis-idaea

Sprig of this iconic spring plant with pussy willow catkins coming into flower. Catkins appear before leaves emerge.

Male Emperor dragonfly cut to white showing distinctive green and turquoise colouring

Common Poppy Papaver rhoeas with seedhead, top of seedhead, and seed detail

Tawny owl Strix aluco sat on a branch, showing mottled plumage and large eyes.

Male Pied flycatcher in amongst leaves of the English oak Quercus robur