Insects

Pine chafer (A5)

Polyphylla fullo

Green tiger beetle (A5)

Cicindela campestris

Asian longhorn beetle (A5)

Anoplophora glabripennis
Quarantine pest for forests

Hazel-leaf roller beetle (A5)

Apoderus coryli

Jersey tiger moth (A5)

Euplagia quatripunctaria

Hispa atra

(A5)

Alfalfa leafcutting bee (A5)

Megachile rotundata

Early mining bee (A5)

Andrena haemorrhoa

Hawkmoth species of Switzerland

Life-size depiction on A3 (29.7 x 42 cm) format
Each species was drawn separately on A5 (14.8 x21 cm) sketching-paper and the process stretched over two years.

Hawkmoths are large, fascinating moths: While some species can hover like hummingbirds, using their long proboscis to sip nectar from flowers while in midair, others don’t feed at all during their adult stage (the winged stage), dedicating their effort to reproduction only.

They are mostly active at dusk or night and play an important role as pollinators. Some hawkmoths, like the Death’s Head Hawkmoth, are migratory.