Bug and Insect Illustration (Illustrator)


Colored pencil and watercolor of a Green Darner dragonfly from above, with four veined wings and a blue abdomen.

Dragonfly, Green Darner (Anax junius), colored pencil and watercolor

Commissioned by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

About dragonflies:
Dragonflies eat mosquitoes, midges, flies, bees, and butterflies. They are found near freshwater lakes, ponds, streams, and wetlands. Larvae (nymphs) are aquatic. They have compound eyes. They undergo incomplete metamorphosis.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda (having a segmented body with appendages on each segment)
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Epiprocta
Infraorder: Anisoptera

More about dragonflies:
Wikipedia: dragonfly
University of California Museum of Paleontology: Odonata

Also see: dragonfly favicon Green Darner Dragonfly Watercolor Illustration

Also See:
Dragonfly Anatomy Line Drawing Dragonfly Nymph Colored Pencil IllustrationDragonfly Nymph, Labeled Wing Pad IllustrationDragonfly Life Cycle IllustrationDragonfly Watercolor and Colored Pencil Illustration