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Eupholus bennetti weevil cut to white from the side looking like it’s about to walk off somewhere

Purpuricenus kaehleri wood boring beetle

Euphoria fulgida Flower chafer

Rosemary beetle Chrysolina americana

European rhino beetle Oryctes nasicornis dorsal view cut to whtie

Screech beetle Hygrobia tarda dorsal view, floating in the water with a sprig on water weed behind

White tailed bumble bee Bombus lucorum nestled in the florets of a thislte head

Harlequin beetle Acrocinus longimanus cut to white showing distinctive orange and cohre pattern, elongated fore legs, and long antennae

Aristobia approximator beetle

Tropical beetle ventral view showing large hind legs and metallic red and green colouration

Buprestid metallic wood boring beetle cut to whtie showing its extraordinary rainbow colouration

Banded jewel beetle Chrysochroa buqueti rugicollis with wings outstetched and banded elytra on show, red metallic thorax

Colorado Potato beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata life cycle with adult, egg, pupa, and colourful orange grub all cut to whtie

Cotton boll weevil Anthonomus grandis adult and larva and pupa, the latter two inside developing cotton bolls

Dicronorrhina derbyana Derby’s flower chafer

Dorcadion scopoli Longhorn beetle cut to white

Dung beetle Oxysternon conspicillatum dorsal view

Dung beetle Geotrupes stercorarius view from above dosal view

Eupholus bennetti weevil from above showing amazing powder blue and black markings

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

Common wasp Vespa vulgaris feeding on a ripe pear; sketch in colour

White tailed bumble bee Bombus lucorum life cycle showing adult feeding, underground nest, feeding on thistle, feeding on foxglove, egg, emerging from egg,

White clawed crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes in profile with claws lifted and antennae extended

Pen and ink illustration showing the diversity of members in the Crustacea family