Category: How To Draw Insects

The praying mantis waits in ambush, suddenly moving its spiny fore legs to catch prey. …

Female potter wasps build small chambers that look like little jugs. Inside, they hang an egg from a string. They …

Mud daubers are wasps that lay their eggs in tubular cells made from mud. The female paralyzes a spider with …

Most moths are active at night, in contrast to butterflies, which fly only during the day. All but a very …

You can tell this is a female mosquito because it has only a few hairs on the antennae (on males, …

This beautiful pale green moth is only found in North America, and is considered endangered. Many have been killed by …

Order Anoplura – Family Pediculidae

This particular louse, the Human Body Louse, is also called a “cootie” or “gray back.” …

Order Orthoptera – Suborder Caelifera

Certain grasshoppers are called locusts, from the Latin word for grasshopper.

Only nine of 5,000 …

Order Phasmatodea – Family Phylliidae (leaf insects)

A few insects imitate plants so well that they will not move during …

Order Coleoptera – Family Coccinellidae

Labybugs, also called Ladybirds, are welcome in the garden because they feed on aphids. They …