theartfulgene:

I’ve recently added a blog post on how changes in water strider’s leg morphology (note the different leg lengths in different species in the drawing above) have enabled it to adapt to living on water and escape water-dwelling predators. You can find the blog here

Drawing from The Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands : a descriptive account of the families, genera, and species indigenous to Great Britain and Ireland : with notes as to localities, habitats, etc. by Edward Saunders.