The stained glass windows in the chancel of Tewkesbury Abbey are all from between 1338 and 1340. They were most probably a gift to the Abbey by Eleanor Despenser (nee de Clare) the wife of Hugh Despenser the Younger. Eleanor is thought to be the person depicted in the panel here.
Installed in October 1992, these three windows, reflecting on Psalm 148 and John 20:24-29, are located in the South Ambulatory Chapel of Gloucester Cathedral, and are by Tom Denny.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Andrena
Species: A. cineraria
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The Bee flies consist of several hundred genera and over 4,500 species worldwide, and there are 9 resident species in the UK.
The Ophioninae are a subfamily of Ichneumonidae wasps comprising of 32 genera, and are mainly parasites of Lepidoptera larvae. Mostly orange in colour with a curved abdomen and large ocelli.
North transept rose window and lower gallery window by Max Ingrand to replace the 16th century works by Jean and Nicolas Le Prince that were destroyed during the second world war.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Symphyta
Family: Tenthredinidae
Genus: Macrophya
Species: M. duodecimpunctata
Born in August 8, 1938 in Beuavais, Claude Courageux was educated at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He spent a number of years working with other glass makers in Paris, including working with Max Ingrand, and seven years working at the firm of Jacques Gruber.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Aglais
Species: A.io
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Melyridae are a family of soft-winged flower beetles, there are about 20 species in the UK, and 1,600 species world wide. The larvae are predatory mostly living in rotting wood or under bark, the adults mostly feed on pollen and nectar, though some may feed on other insects visiting flowers.
