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From a fun children's book. The pictures combined two different animals to make a new imaginary one.
Personal exploration into fine line drawing.
I have always loved drawing and feel insects and certain sea creatures have very interesting forms and leave lots of potential for intense cross hatch drawings...
A variety of insects found on vegetation along the White Oak Creek greenway, Chatham County, NC (USA) on 4 August 2021.
Little Blue Dragonlet - Erythrodiplax minuscula (female, ~25 mm length)
References
-Beaton, Dragonflies and Damselflies of Georgia and the Southeast (Univ. Georgia Press, 2007), pp. 274-5
-BugGuide: bugguide.net/node/view/590
-Dunkle, Dragonflies Through Binoculars: A Field Guide to Dragonflies of North America (Oxford Univ. Press, 2000) p. 204, plate 37
A gorgeous weevil found in boggy heathy wood. There was a very similar one that was iridescent purple; it landed on my arm, but refused to stay for a portrait!
Known as Birch Leaf Roller.
These guys dash up and down along the edge of ponds chasing each other. Plathemis lydia, Libellulidae. Central IL, Summer 2014.
Nikon D3100 + AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6G + Marumi UV Haze filter (yellow) + Ringflash Meike FC100