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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Page 62
... Hawk Moths in existence , and it is therefore not surprising that this extensive family has such a great diversity of form and colour . The overall body structure , however , is more or less the same for all Sphingidae . The thorax is ...
... Hawk Moths in existence , and it is therefore not surprising that this extensive family has such a great diversity of form and colour . The overall body structure , however , is more or less the same for all Sphingidae . The thorax is ...
Page 64
... Hawk Moths of the Indo - Australian region is Coequosa triangularis , which lives in Eastern Australia and is illustrated here . It occurs chiefly in Queensland and New South Wales . It is the only representative of the genus Coequosa ...
... Hawk Moths of the Indo - Australian region is Coequosa triangularis , which lives in Eastern Australia and is illustrated here . It occurs chiefly in Queensland and New South Wales . It is the only representative of the genus Coequosa ...
Page 120
... Moths , occurring in habitats similar to those of Smerinthus ocellatus Linné ... Moths . Laothoë populi has been the subject of many experiments in ... Hawk Mimas tiliae LINNÉ This species shows great variability 120 Poplar Hawk ...
... Moths , occurring in habitats similar to those of Smerinthus ocellatus Linné ... Moths . Laothoë populi has been the subject of many experiments in ... Hawk Mimas tiliae LINNÉ This species shows great variability 120 Poplar Hawk ...
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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