Purple Stag Beetle Lamprima ORIGINAL ARTWORK

Original Watercolor Illustration of a Lamprima.

This is a purple form but the golden stag beetle’s colour ranges from red/golden-red to near-black. Found in eastern NSW, ACT, Victoria and Tasmania, like other Lamprima it breeds in decaying logs, mainly eucalypts, but also she-oaks (Casuarina, Allocasuarina) and even introduced willows.

It measures 12x11 inches.

Painted on cold press cotton paper with high quality watercolors

Acid free paper

Each painting is designed to provide a death-free alternative to having your favorite insects on your wall.

This watercolor would make a lovely addition to the home of any nature lover or bug collector, or anyone with an appreciation for these unique creatures.

Nassybah Touriño is an illustrator, and amateur naturalist based in Madison WI. Her Watercolor illustrations focus on natural history subjects like taxonomy, biodiversity, and taxidermy, as well as related subjects like astronomy and the ways humans relate to the natural world.
She currently lives in Chiapas, MX with her husband, and their kids.

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