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This is the #Swollenthighbeetle, #Oedemera nobilis.
It's a real beauty with its green metallic elytra, always slightly gaping. Only males have distinctive swollen thighs
They eat pollen, so see them on flowers
#beetle #aturalhistoryillustration #sciart copyright @JerseyStamps
@MabbuttRichard @BrianE_Cambs @BSBIbotany @phoebeob1 @botanicalmartin @Haggewoods Hi All. Thanks so much! Our #Roses booklist is:
Roses of Great Britain and Ireland, Graham, G and Primavesi, A. BSBI Handbook No. 7
The Heritage of the Rose, Austin, D
The Peter Beales Classic Roses, Beales, P.
Roses, Philips, R. & Rix, M.
New Flora of the British Isles, Stace
Hi my lovely #botanists, someone who read my blog on #rosehips asks: "Do you know of a reference which outlines the differences in rosehips from the rose family?" ie which hips belong to which species and variety? Think she means garden not wild varieties. Thanks. @BSBIbotany
New blog out comparing Giant #hogweed #Heracleum sphondylium with Persian hogweed H. persicum https://t.co/KmX6k8JBIs - even though I did the #botanicalillustrations & blogged on it I'm still a bit confused, so if any lovely botanists want to comment...feel free!
Today's blog compares Canadian Goldenrod Solidago canadensis with Early Goldenrod Solidago gigantea.
https://t.co/iA3FXrx8YE
Goldenrod are great flowers for pollinators
#botanicalillustration #goldenrod #solidago #flowers #botanicalart #flowerart #naturalhistoryillustration
New blog out:
https://t.co/CkgaUi3C7H…/08/garden-lupin-sketchbook-st…/
All about how I structured and researched a sketchbook illustration of the garden lupin.
#lupin #botanicalillustration #botanicalart #gardenflowers #sketchbookstudy
House sparrow, Passer domesticus.
These birds used to be incredibly common across urban areas of the UK, however, they've suffered a massive population crash recently with 71% decrease between 1977 & 2008 (RSPB)
#naturalhistoryillustration #sciart #sparrow #passerdomestica
This is my #Peacock #butterfly #inachisio #illustration. Just discovered that adults hiss to deter predators & males will even chase a lump of soil when looking for a mate, thanks to "Butterflies of Britain &Ireland" by Thomas & @rlewington2 It remains my fave butterfly book.
@BBC6Music
Here is a colony of #nakedmolerats in their burrow. Many thanks, Lauren & your lovely team, and Sophie, for giving me the chance to re-visit this illustration done a while ago... Naked Mole rats are super-cool. Thanks for reminding me & the nation just why.
Hedge woundwort, Stachys sylvatica. Lots of people don't like this plant because of its smell, but I like the purple spike of flowers and downy leaves. As the name suggests, it used to be used to heal wounds and at staunch blood loss. #botanicalillustration #woundwort #herbalism