Chafer Beetle Specimen Study

A real swallowtail, wings open in clear resin, the scales still holding their cream and dark banding. 3 in square, an inch deep. No two wing patterns match.

Eleven things in one block — egg, larva, pupa; queen, worker, drone; comb in two forms, a queen cell, beeswax and honey. Real specimens set by hand, like an old teaching cabinet. 5.5 in wide, the largest of the studies.

A wooden explorer kit — six-compartment specimen box with a rope handle, plus binoculars, magnifier, tweezers, whistle, a texture die and illustrated mission and botanical cards. Real tools, small hands. Ages 3+.

A real dandelion seed head caught whole in a resin sphere, seeds held mid-drift. 2.75 in across and heavier than it looks — it's a paperweight, not an ornament.

Real hydrangea florets in a hand-polished resin sphere, 2.75 in across. The blue holds — it doesn't brown the way dried flowers do.