Series 11 · The Bugs & Beetles Collection

Seven of the world’s most remarkable small creatures — a flower-mimic mantis, antler-jawed beetles, one of the heaviest insects alive and a glow-in-the-dark scorpion — each hand-painted in lifelike detail, then reimagined plump, round and full of cheer. The tiny giants of the undergrowth, shrunk to the palm of your hand.

Wolf Spider

The Wolf Spider — a fast, sharp-eyed ground hunter that chases down prey instead of spinning a web, and carries its young on its own back.

Orchid Mantis

The Orchid Mantis — a breathtaking pink-and-white mantis whose petal-shaped legs let it pose as a flower and ambush the pollinators that come to visit.

Parry’s Stag Beetle

Parry’s Stag Beetle — a large, glossy stag beetle whose males carry enormous curved jaws like a stag’s antlers.

Goliath Beetle

The Goliath Beetle — among the largest and heaviest insects on Earth, an African giant that lives up to its mighty name.

Eastern Goliath Beetle

The Eastern Goliath Beetle — a close cousin of the great Goliath, an African heavyweight cloaked in bold white-and-black markings.

Grasshopper

The Grasshopper — the short-horned, spring-loaded leaper of grasslands worldwide, and the very insect that can transform into a swarming locust.

Emperor Scorpion

The hidden treasure of Series 11 — the Emperor Scorpion, one of the largest scorpions on Earth, a gentle giant that glows an eerie blue-green under ultraviolet light.