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Diane Lucas
Botanical & Nature Illustrator

Illustration of a Tiger Swallowtail butterfly on the flowers of a wild cherry tree

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail - Wild Cherry

a Canadian Tiger Swallowtail butterfly and caterpillar on a Paper Birch tree - illustration

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail - Paper Birch tree

Illustration of Black Swallowtail butterflies on a flowering Golden Alexander plant

Black Swallowtail - Golden Alexander

Illustration of Black Swallowtail butterfly caterpillars on a Golden Alexander host plant

Black Swallowtail caterpillars - Golden Alexander

illustration of a Pink-edged Sulphur butterfly and caterpillar on the flower buds of a low bush blueberry host plant

Pink-edged Sulphur - Lowbush Blueberry

illustration of Orange Sulphur butterflies on a pink flowered Tick Trefoil host plant

Orange Sulphur butterflies - Tick Trefoil

illustration of Orange Sulphur butterfly caterpillar on a pink flowered Tick Trefoil host plant

Orange Sulphur caterpillar - Tick Trefoil

illustration of Clouded Sulphur butterflies and caterpillar (Colias philodice) on host plant Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris)

Clouded Sulphurs - Self-heal

illustration of an Eastern Pine Elfin butterfly and caterpillar (Callophrys niphon) on host plant Jack Pine ( Pinus banksiana)

Eastern Pine Elfin - Jack Pine

illustration of Northern Azure butterflies (Celatrina lucia) on host plant Pagoda Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)

Northern Azures - Pagoda Dogwood

illustration of a Northern Azure caterpillar (Celastrina lucia) with ants on host plant Pagoda Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)

Northern Azure caterpillar - Pagoda Dogwood

Bog Copper butterflies & caterpillar (Lycaena epixanthe) on host plant Bog Cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos)

Bog Copper - Bog Cranberry

illustration of a Harris's Checkerspot butterfly (Chlosyne harrisii) with a flowering Flat-topped Aster (Doellingeria umbellate) host plant

Harris' Checkerspot - Flat-topped Aster

illustration of a Harris's Checkerspot butterfly (Chlosyne harrisii) and caterpillars with a flowering Flat-topped Aster (Doellingeria umbellate) host plant

Sitting Harris' Checkerspot - Flat-topped Aster

Side view of a female Monarch butterfly & caterpillar (Danaus plexippus) on host plant Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) - illustration

Sitting Monarch - Swamp Milkweed

illustration of a Monarch butterfly & caterpillar (Danaus plexippus) on host plant Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)

Monarch - Swamp Milkweed

illustration of a Viceroy butterfly and caterpillars (Limenitis archippus) on host plant Balsam Poplar (Populus balsamifera)

Viceroy - Balsam Poplar

White Admiral butterfly and caterpillar (Limenitis arthemis) on host plant Prairie Willow (Salix humilis) - illustration

White Admiral - Prairie Willow

White Admiral butterfly and caterpillar (Limenitis arthemis) on host plant American Pussy Willow (Salix discolor) - illustration

White Admiral - American Pussy Willow

Mourning Cloak butterfly and caterpillars (Nymphalis antiopa) on host plant American Elm (Ulmus Americana) - illustration

Mourning Cloak - American Elm

Northern Crescent butterflies & caterpillars on host plant Heartleaf Aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium) - illustration

Northern Crescents - Heartleaf Aster

Great Spangled Fritillary butterfly & caterpillar (Speyeria cybele) with host plant Violets (Viola) - illustration

Great Spangled Fritillary - Violets

Sitting Great Spangled Fritillary butterfly & caterpillar (Speyeria cybele) with host plant Violets (Viola) - illustration

Sitting Great Spangled Fritillary - Violets

Red Admiral butterfly & caterpillar (Vanessa atalanta) with host plant Wood Nettle (Laportea canadensis) - illustration

Red Admiral - Wood Nettle

Sitting Red Admiral butterfly & caterpillar (Vanessa atalanta) with host plant Wood Nettle (Laportea canadensis) - illustration

Sitting Red Admiral - Wood Nettle

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