entomological illustration
Guide to the Wood ants of the UK and related species
by Hayley Wisely and Caringorms National ParkSeries of illustrations of UK wood ants and life cycles, nests, and identification details
Orange-tip Butterflies and Cuckoo flower
Orange-tip butterflies & Cuckoo flower watercolour illustrationOrange-tip Butterflies, one with outstretched wings and one at rest, with the Cuckoo flower. Cuckoo flower is the food plant for this species’ caterpillars.
Red Admiral butterfly for the Victoria & Albert Musuem
Commissioned to promote the Beatrix Potter exhibition and used as a time-lapse filmDetailed illustration of Red Admiral butterfly filmed by me at home and edited by the V&A to promote their Beatrix Potter exhibition
See the final speeded up film here
Seven-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempuctata
Seven-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempuctata entomological illustration 2016Seven-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempuctata entomological illustration. Commissioned by a keen photographer who came to take photos of me at work in the studio…and left having commissioned an illustration for his wife!
Jersey Post: Beetles stamp issue
Jersey Post: Beetles Post and go stamp issue. Featuring 6 Beetles from Jersey. Copyright Jersey Stamps 2016Jersey Post: Beetles Post and go stamp issue. Featuring 6 Beetles from Jersey. Copyright Jersey Stamps 2016. Stamp designs, selvedge design, first day cover envelope and post mark, and artwork for a presentation pack were all required.
https://www.jerseystamps.com/en/Shop/Detail?c=1612Sarep Sprite Damselfly
Sarep sprite Pseudagrion sarepi damselfly. Illustration of a new species of Odonata. 2016Sarep sprite Pseudagrion sarepi damselfly. Illustration of a new species of Odonata. Commissioned by the family that discovered and named this new African species. 2016
Chironomid Midge with head capsule
Chironomid Midge Micropsectra radialis with head capsule. Midge adult and larva, with head capsule reconstructed form fossilized remainsChironomid Midge Micropsectra radialis with head capsule. Midge adult and larva, with head capsule reconstructed form fossilized remains and electron micrographs
