Beautiful MothsIllustrated in this book are nearly 100 moths, whose beautiful colouring competes easily with that of their better-known relatives, the butterflies. Shown here are species from all over the world, from the common varieties you might find in your back garden, to the most exotic and rare species that are only to be found in the tropical jungles of South America and Madagascar. |
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Actias maenas Africa America Argema Argema mittrei Arsenura Attacus atlas attracted to light Automeris basic colour beautiful best known Brahmaea brightly coloured Bunaea butterflies Castnia caterpillars Catocala centimetres Central Europe chiefly cocoon collectors conspicuous dark brown darker daytime Death's Head Hawk distribution eggs Emperor Moth England Erasmia European eye spot family Saturniidae female flies fore wings forests forms frequently front wings genus Geometridae green habitat Hawk Moths Hepialidae hibernation hind wings Histia Hübner inconspicuous insects Laothoë populi large number larvae larvae feed larvae live larval stage lasts Lepidoptera Leto venus LINNÉ male pictured markings migrations mountains Nudaurelia occurs outer margin palaearctic region pale pests pine plants Prior to pupation pupae reared related species resemblance Rhescynthis Rothschild rust-brown Saturnia pyri Saturniids shape Smerinthus ocellatus South South-east Asia southern specimens subspecies sundown tails Thysania agrippina tree trunks tropical Urania leilus Uraniidae widespread throughout wing pattern wing span yellow Zeuzera pyrina