Scientific Illustration

Tagged: Bee Hawkmoth moth Hawkmoth insect art

Posted on July 15, 2012 with 77 notes

‘Dandelion with a moth and a smaller green moth or butterfly’. Margaretha Barbara Dietzsch, 1741-1784. [the big moth is obviously a Death’s-head Hawkmoth, I think the green one is Green Silver-lines, Pseuodoips prasinana] (via British Museum)

Tagged: Dandelion moth Death’s-head Hawkmoth Hawkmoth Pseuodoips prasinana hawk moth

Posted on June 30, 2012 via A London Salmagundi with 2,629 notes

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Posted on June 9, 2012 via Joe Ward with 129 notes

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Death’s Head Hawkmoth (Acherontia atropos) -larvae, pupa and faeces, August Johann Roesel von Rosenhof, 1774, copperplate with handcolouring. From “Der monatlich-herausgekommenen Insecten-Belustigungen Erste Sammlung” (Insect Amusements).

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Posted on April 29, 2012 via Atelier Entomologica with 50 notes