A lovely lady cecropia moth!
Schlagwort: moth

9 Moths from 9 Separate Illustrations
All are available for free download, see full manuscript pages below:
- Joris Hoefnagel, 1591-96
- Jan van Kessell II, about 1650-55
- Maria Sybilla Merian, 1719 (Io moth)
- Joris Hoefnagel, 1591-96 (Magpie moth)
- Joris Hoefnagel, 1591-96 (Tiger moth)
- Maria Sybilla Merian, 1719 (Molippa nibasa moth)
- Maria Sybilla Merian, 1719 (Agrippa moth)
- Maria Sybilla Merian, 1719 (Tobacco Hawk moth)
- Joris Hoefnagel, 1591-96 (Eyed Hawk moth)
Happy National Moth Week!

Bug of the Day
If you zoom in on the largest version of this photo (you might need to click through to Flickr), you’ll see that this little white lichen moth (Clemensia albata) is covered with teeny tiny droplets of dew.
From June 2014.

Three stages of a sphingid moth – larva (or caterpillar), chrysalis (or pupa) and adult (or imago).
Orange Moth by SideView on Flickr.
My Acherontia atropos recently emerged ❤





