watercolour

Sprig of Catnip Nepeta cataria in flower

Male bullfinch in breeding plumage on flowering cherry

Bristly ox-tongue Helminthotheca echioides (formerly Picris echiodes) 

Brimstone butterfly Gonepteryx rhamni with wings spread

Borage borago officianalis sketchbook study with a focus on one leaf and the blue flower

Bladderwrack Fucus versicolour showing fronds and the two types of bladder

Sketchbook study of the Beeck, with details of leaf and beech nut

Sketchbook study of the blackberry, focusing on the ripe and un ripe berries

Ash Fraxinus excelsior sketchbook study focusing on leaves, habit, and ash keys

Earthworm coiled and curled up showing its saddle and segmentation clearly, cut to white

Stick insect Carausius morosus cut to white

Stonefly larva on dand and pebbles river or pond or stream substrate, with drop shadow

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

Medicinal leech Hirudo medicinalis cut to white, swimming and in motion

Desert locust Schistocerca gregaria life cycle including early instars, hopper nymphs, egg laying, millet, and swarm in the sky

Desert locust Schistocerca gregaria on millet adult cut to white

Pond skater Gerris lacustris

Praying mantis Mantidae with green eyes and body, in typical prdatory watching and preying position, yellow belly, cut to white

Stonefly larva Plecoptera cut to white

Small pen and ink sketch with stippled texture and a watercolour top wash, cut to white

Earthworm coiled and curled up showing its saddle and segmentation clearly, cut to white

Worm against grassy background, looking like it should be under the ground rather than crawlign about on top of it

pen and ink stippled diagram of a worm with detail of the spines that help earthworms move

American Cockroach periplanta america with long antennae cut to white