Scientific Illustrations

Classified by Taxonomy

Domain: Prokaryotic

Kingdom: Bacteria

Domain: Eukaryota

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Amoebozoa | Annelida | Arthropoda | Chordata | Cnidaria | Mollusca | Nematoda | Porfira

Kingdom: Chromalveolata

Phylum: Heterokontophyta

Kingdom: Plantae

Division: Magnoliophyta |

Kingdom: Protista

Phylum: Euglenozoa



DOMAIN: PROKARYOTIC

Kingdom: Bacteria

Division: Charophyta

Phylum: Chlorophyta

Order: Zygnematales

Family: Zygnemataceae

Algae, illustration by Gina

algae - spirogyra

Spirogyra, illustration by Gina

spirogyra

Division: Cyanobacteria

Class: Cyanophyceae

Order: Nostocales

Family: Nostocaceae

Algae, illustration by Gina

algae

Anabaena, microscopic illustration by Gina

anabaena

DOMAIN: EUKARYOTA

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Amoebozoa

Class: Tubulinea

Order: Tubulinida

Family: Amoebidae

Amoeba illustration by Gina

amoeba

Phylum: Annelida

Class: Clitellata

Leech illustration by Gina

leech

Class: Polychaeta

Bristle Worm Pencil Illustration

bristle worm

Phylum: Arthropoda (having a segmented body with appendages on each segment)

Class: Arachnida

Order: Acarina

Deer Tick Illustration by Gina

deer tick

Order: Araneae

Family: Pisauridae

Fishing Spider Illustration by Gina

fishing spider

Class: Branchiopoda (includes brine shrimp, which are sea monkeys, water fleas, and daphnia)

Order: Cladocera

Family: Daphniidae

Daphnia Illustration by Gina

daphnia

Order: Conchostraca

Clam Shrimp Colored Pencil Illustration

clam shrimp

Class: Insecta

Order: Coleoptera

Family: Buprestidae

Emerald Ash Borer Illustrations

emerald ash borer

Family: Dytiscidae

Predacious Diving Beetle Watercolor Illustration

predacious diving beetle

Family: Elmidae

Riffle Beetle Colored Pencil Illustration

riffle beetle

Family: Haliplidae

Crawling Water Beetle Watercolor Illustration

crawling water beetle

Order: Diptera

Family: Culicidae

Mosquito Life Cycle Illustration

mosquito life cycle

Family: Tabanidae

Horse Fly Larva Colored Pencil Illustration

horsefly larva

Family: Tipulidae

Cranefly Illustration by Gina

cranefly

Order: Ephemeroptera

Mayfly Illustration by Gina

mayfly

Order: Hemiptera

Family: Belostomatidae

Giant Water Bug Illustration

giant water bug

Family: Hydrometridae

Marsh Treader Watercolor Illustration

marsh treader

Order: Hymenoptera (wasps, bees, ants)

Family: Formicidae

Ants, illustration by Gina

ants

Order: Megaloptera

Family: Corydalidae

Dobsonfly illustration by Gina

dobsonfly

Family: Sialidae

Alderfly illustration by Gina

alderfly

Order: Odonata

Damselfly illustration by Gina

damselfly

Dragonfly illustration by Gina

dragonfly

Green Darner Dragonfly Watercolor Illustration

green darner dragonfly

Class: Malacostraca

Order: Amphipoda

Family: Gammaridae

Scud illustration by Gina

scud

Order: Decapoda

Crayfish illustration by Gina

crayfish

Hermit Crab Colored Pencil Illustration

hermit crab

Kelp Crab illustration by Gina

kelp crab

Rusty Crayfish Colored Pencil Illustration

rusty crayfish

Order: Diptera

Family: Simuliidae

Black Fly Larva Colored Pencil Illustrations

black fly larva

Order: Hemiptera

Family: Notonectidae

Back swimmer, illustration by Gina

backswimmer

Order: Isopoda

Family: Asellidae

Aquatic Sowbug Colored Pencil Illustration

aquatic sowbug

Class: Maxillopoda

Order: Cyclopoida

Copepod Colored Pencil Illustration

copepod

Class: Ostracoda

Seed Shrimp Colored Pencil Illustration

seed shrimp

Phylum: Chordata (having a spinal cord)

Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)

Order: Cypriniformes

Family: Cyprinidae

Spot-Tail Shiner Watercolor Illustration

spottail shiner

Order: Esociformes

Family: Esocidae

Northern Pike Watercolor Illustration

northern pike

Order: Perciformes

Family: Percidae

Log Perch Watercolor Illustration

log perch

Order: Salmoniformes

Family: Salmonidae

Brook Trout Watercolor Illustration

brook trout

Lean Lake Trout Watercolor Illustration

lean lake trout

Rainbow Trout Watercolor Illustration

rainbow trout

Siscowet, Lake Trout by Gina

siscowet

Order: Scorpaeniformes

Family: Cottidae

Deepwater Sculpin Watercolor Illustration

sculpin

Class: Amphibia

Order: Anura (frogs and toads)

Family: Bufonidae (true toads)

american toad, colored pencil

american toad

Family: Hylidae (tree frogs)

Blanchards Cricket Frog, Colored Pencil Illustration

blanchard's cricket frog

chorus frog, colored pencil

chorus frog

Copes Gray Tree Frog, Watercolor Illustration

copes treefrog

spring peeper, colored pencil

spring peeper

Family: Ranidae (true frogs)

Leaping Bullfrog, Watercolor Illustration

bullfrog

Green Frog, Colored Pencil Illustration

green frog

Leopard Frog, Watercolor Illustration

leopard frog

mink frog, colored pencil

mink frog

wood frog, colored pencil and pastel

wood frog

Class: Aves (birds)

Order: Anseriformes (waterfowl)

Family: Anatidae (ducks, geese, swans)

swan

Wood Ducks by Gina

wood ducks

Order: Charadriiformes

Family: Alcidae

Puffins in Flight and on a Rock, Watercolor Illustrations

puffins

Family: Charadriidae

killdeer feet

Family: Sternidae

Tern in Flight, Watercolor Painting

tern

Order: Ciconiiformes (large, long-legged wading birds)

Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)

great blue herons, watercolor

herons

Order: Columbiformes

Family: Columbidae

Pigeon on a Fire Hydrant, Illustration

pigeon

Order: Coraciiformes

Family: Cerylidae

Belted Kingfisher on a Branch, Watercolor Illustration

belted kingfisher

Order: Falconiformes (diurnal birds of prey)

Family: Accipitridae

Bald Eagle, Watercolor Painting

bald eagle

Family: Pandionidae

Osprey in Flight, Watercolor Illustration

osprey

Order: Galliformes (turkeys, grouse, chickens, quails, and pheasants)

Family: Odontophoridae

California Quail by Gina

quail

Order: Gaviiformes (loons)

Family: Gaviidae (loons)

Common Loon, Monochrome Watercolor Sketch

loon

Order: Gruiformes (crane-like birds)

Family: Gruidae (cranes)

Sandhill Crane and Juvenile, Watercolor Painting

cranes

Order: Passeriformes (perching birds)

Family: Corvidae (oscine birds, songbirds)

Blue Jay and Basketball Hoop, Watercolor

blue jay

Crows over City Rooftops, Illustration

crows

Family: Emberizidae (American sparrows and others with distinctive beak shape)

Junco, Watercolor by Gina

junco

Spotted Towhee, Watercolor Illustration

towhee

Family: Fringillidae (finches)

honeycreeper

Family: Icteridae (black birds with some color)

Red-Winged Blackbirds, Watercolor Studies

blackbirds

Family: Troglodytidae

Marsh Wren, Watercolor Painting

wrens

Family: Turdidae (thrushes)

Robin on an Iron Fence, Watercolor Painting

robin

Order: Pelecaniformes (waterbirds with all 4 toes being webbed)

Family: Phalacrocoracidae (cormorants and shags)

Double-Crested Cormorant, Watercolor and Pastel Studies

cormorants

Order: Piciformes (arboreal birds)

Family: Picidae

Woodpecker, illustration by Gina

woodpeckers

Class: Reptilia (reptiles)

Order: Squamata (scaled reptiles)

Anole Lizard, Colored Pencil Illustration

anole

Phylum: Cnidaria (simple animals including sea anemones, jellyfish, and corals)

Class: Anthozoa (sea anemones and corals)

Order: Scleractinia (stony corals, those that generate a hard skeleton)

Family: Faviidae

brain coral

boulder star coral

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Bivalvia

Family: Dreissenidae

Zebra Mussel Colored Pencil Illustration

zebra mussel

Family: Unionidae

Mussel Illustration by Gina

mussel

Class: Gastropoda

Conch Shell illustration by Gina

conch shell

Gilled Snail Shell Colored Pencil Illustration

gilled snail shell

Orb Snail Illustration by Gina

orb snail

Pouch Snail illustration by Gina

pouch snail

Phylum: Nematoda

Nematode illustration by Gina

nematode

Phylum: Porifera (sponges)

Class: Demospongiae

Family: Callyspongiidae

azure vase sponge

Kingdom: Chromalveolata

Phylum: Heterokontophyta

Class: Bacillariophyceae

Diatoms, illustration by Gina

diatoms

Kingdom: Plantae

Division: Magnoliophyta (flowering plants)

Class: Liliopsida (monocotyledons or monocots, having one cotyledon, or embryonic leaf, in the seed)

Order: Alismatales

Family: Alismataceae

Arrowhead illustration by Gina

arrowhead

Family: Hydrocharitaceae

Eelgrass Illustration by Gina

eelgrass

Elodea Illustration by Gina

elodea

Hydrilla, Watercolor Sketch by Gina

hydrilla

Family: Potamogetonaceae

Pondweed, Colored Pencil and Watercolor Drawing

pondweed

Order: Asparagales

Family: Iridaceae

Red Gladiolas, Watercolor Painting

gladiolas

Iris, Pastel Study by Gina

iris

Order: Liliales

Family: Pontederiaceae

Water Hyacinth, Watercolor Illustration

water hyacinth

Order: Najadales

Family: Najadaceae

Naiad, Watercolor and Colored Pencil Illustration

naiads

Order: Poales

Family: Cyperaceae (sedges)

Bulrush illustration by Gina

bulrush

Family: Typhaceae

Cattail illustration by Gina

cattail

Order: Zingiberales

Family: Strelitziaceae

bird of paradise, watercolor

bird of paradise

Class: Magnoliopsida

Order: Asterales

Family: Asteraceae

compass plant, study, graphite on mylar

compass plant

goldfinch and sunflower, watercolor

sunflower

Order: Ceratophyllales

Family: Ceratophyllaceae

Coontail illustration, illustration by Gina

coontail

Order: Lamiales

Family: Acanthaceae

Water Willow, Watercolor Illustration

water willow

Order: Nymphaeales

Family: Nymphaeaceae

white water lily illustration

white water lily

yellow water lily illustration

yellow water lily

Order: Proteales

Family: Nelumbonaceae

American Lotus Painting by Gina

american lotus

Order: Rosales

Family: Rosaceae

Wild Rose, Watercolor Illustration

rose

Order: Saxifragales

Family: Haloragidaceae

Water Milfoil, Watercolor Illustration

water milfoil

Kingdom: Protista

Phylum: Euglenozoa

Class: Euglenoidea

Order: Euglenales

Family: Euglenaceae

Euglena Illustration by Gina

euglena