Starling - Sturnus vulgaris, limited edition art print, lifesize (A3 size)Limited edition art print A3 size (420 x 297mm) Archival quality print on 310gsm heavyweight etching paper. Signed and numbered edition of 100 Sturnus vulgaris Common Starling, drawn at lifesize scale. image from original hand drawn artwork by Carim Nahaboo

Collected in the 1960s

showing all 6 species with numbered species names included

A 60mm male specimen of Allotopus rosenbergi

Merveille du jour Moth

A stunning pearly flower beetle

ink & coloured pencil on hot pressed watercolour paper

complete with display base and tree trunk stand

only seen in some major males

a stunning Tiger Beetle species drawn from a South Korean specimen in my collection

These were only sold within Japan

before being stuffed and sealed to recreate their full life appearance

one of the biggest and heaviest of all Diptera