Cross-posted ramblings

Penny, N. (2002) "Lacewings of Costa Rica" Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, vol. 52 no. 12. Image 117 by Diane T Sands. Images 118, 119 by Victoria Saxe

Over at the From the Stacks blog today I rambled a bit about the different reasons one creates a scientific illustration. The highlight of which (I think) is the above illustration. I probably inked the wings in 1996 or 1997. The head and body were done by my fellow-illustrator, Victoria Saxe.