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This link is a great collection of illustrations.

This one caught my eye, it reminds me of the vampire moth I posted on a couple days ago.

Gifts

This is so romantic. A gift of human blood to his moth mate.

So is this. A gift of dead flies between lovers:
"This dramatic drawing of the spider Pisaura mirabilis (sometimes known as the nursery web spider) is the largest watercolour produced by Arthur Smith. Full of action, it depicts the moment in courtship when the male gives the female a present of a fly wrapped in threads."





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