EditorialNun moth, Lymantria monacha, caterpillar 1, moth, 2,3, and Phalaena bombyx monacha 1,2,3, and common house mosquito, Culex pipiens, 4,5, head and proboscis 6. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for C...
EditorialSilk moth and silkworm, Bombyx mori, on mulberry leaves, Morus alba. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Jacob l'Admiral in Naauwkeurige Waarneemingen omtrent de veranderingen van veele Insekten (Accurate Descriptions of the Metamorp...
EditorialSilk moth, Bombyx mori, and large or garden tiger moth, Arctia caja, on mulberry leaves, Morus alba. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Moses Harris from "The Aurelian; a Natural History of English Moths and Butterflies," new edition edit...
EditorialGiant peacock moth, Saturnia pyri. Bombyx grand paon. Handcoloured lithograph from Musee du Naturaliste dedie a la Jeunesse, Histoire des Papillons, Hippolyte and Polydor Pauquet, Paris, 1833.
EditorialOak eggar, Lasiocampa quercus 1, poplar lappet, Gastropacha populifolia 2, and Tau emperor, Aglia tau 3. Bombyx du chene, Bombyx feuille de peuplier, Bombyx tau. Handcoloured lithograph from Musee du Naturaliste dedie a la Jeunesse, Histoire des Papill...
EditorialDrinker moth, Euthrix potatoria 1, blue underwing, Catocala fraxini 2, and red underwing, Catocala nupta 3. Bombyx buveur, Noctuelle du frene, Noctuelle mariee. Handcoloured lithograph from Musee du Naturaliste dedie a la Jeunesse, Histoire des Papillo...
EditorialSilkworm moth, Bombyx mori, caterpillar and pupa with mulberry leaf, Morus alba I. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Maria Sibylla Merian from De Europischen Insecten, J.F. Bernard, Amsterdam. 1730. Reprint of Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung and...
EditorialSprawler moth, Asteroscopus sphinx. Bombyx sphinx, Phalaena cassinia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock from Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur, Erlangen, 1786.
EditorialDecember moth, Poecilocampa populi, male, female, larvae, folliculus, chrysalis. Bombyx populi. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock from Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur, Erlangen, 1786.
EditorialRosy footman, Miltochrista miniata 1-3, and short-cloaked moth, Nola cucullatella 4-9. Phalaena Bombyx rosea, cucullatella. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock from Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen n...
EditorialGreat prominent, Peridea anceps. Bombyx trepida. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock from Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur, Erlangen, 1786.
EditorialRed-line quaker, Agrochola lota, clouded buff, Diacrisia sannio, and flounced chestnut, Agrochola helvola. Phalaena lota, russula, Bombyx ruffina. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock from Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmette...
EditorialWhite satin moth or satin moth, Leucoma salicis, and white prominent, Leucodonta bicoloria. Phalaena salicis, Bombyx bicoloria. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock from Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildung...
EditorialLight emerald, Campaea margaritaria 1,2, scalloped hook-tip, Falcaria lacertinaria 3-6. Bombyx falcatae, sesquistiataria, lacertula. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock from Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbi...
EditorialBlack V moth, Arctornis l-nigrum. Bombyx V nigrum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock from Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur, Erlangen, 1786.
EditorialSpeckled footman, Coscinia cribraria 1, Staurophora celsia 2, 3, and herald moth, Scoliopteryx libatrix 4-8. Phalaena Bombyx cribrum, celsia, libatrix. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock from Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Sch...
EditorialScarce hook-tip, Sabra harpagula 1,2, and pebble hook-tip, Drepana falcataria 3-6. Phalaena Bombyx harpagula, falcula. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock from Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach d...
EditorialYellow tiger moth, Arctia flavia 1, Ptilocephala albida 2, Calliergis ramosa 3, and white ermine larva, Spilosoma lubricipeda 4. Bombyx flavia, albida, ramosa, Phalaena ermineae. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock from Eugenius Joha...
EditorialPurple tiger, Rhyparia purpurata 1-6, and brown tiger moth, Hyphoraia aulica 6,7. Phalaena Bombyx purpurea, aulica. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock from Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der ...
EditorialFeathered gothic, Tholera decimalis 1-5, and Rannoch sprawler, Brachionycha nubeculosa 6. Bombyx lolii, nubeculosa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock from Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der ...
EditorialDark tussock, Dicallomera fascelina. Bombyx fascelina. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johan Georg Sturm from Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur, Erlangen, 1786.
EditorialSilk moth and silkworm, Bombyx mori, on mulberry leaves, Morus alba. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Jacob l'Admiral in Naauwkeurige Waarneemingen omtrent de veranderingen van veele Insekten (Accurate Descriptions of the Metamorp...
EditorialButterflies, caterpillars and pupae in Central Europe 11, Porthesia Similis, Psilura Monacha, Ocneria Dispar, Bombyx Populi, Bombyx Neustria, Bombyx Lanestris, Bombyx Quercus, Plate XIX, after p. 80, Deuchert, Heinrich (del. ad. nat.); Slocombe, A. (de...
EditorialButterflies and caterpillars in Central Europe 7, Bombyx Catax, Bombyx Trifolii, Crateronyx Dumi, Lasiocampa Potatoria, Lasiocampa Pruni, Lasiocampa Quercifolia, Lasiocampa Pini, Plate XX, after p. 92, Deuchert, Heinrich (del. ad. nat.); Slocombe, A. (...
EditorialBombyx, Silkworm, p. 181, 1634, Thomas Moffet, Edward Wotton, Konrad Gessner, Thomas Penny: Insectorum sive minimorum animalium theatrum: olim ab Edoardo Wottono. Conrado Gesnero. Thomaque Pennio inchoatum: tandem Tho. Moufeti Londinatis opera sumptibu...
EditorialBombyx, Print, Bombyx is the genus of true silkmoths or mulberry silkmoths of the family Bombycidae, also known as silkworms, which are the larvae or caterpillars of silkmoths. The genus was erected by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema ...
EditorialBombyx, Print, Bombyx is the genus of true silkmoths or mulberry silkmoths of the family Bombycidae, also known as silkworms, which are the larvae or caterpillars of silkmoths. The genus was erected by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema ...
EditorialGreen-brindled dot moth, Valeria oleagina (Phalaena Bombyx oleagina). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects, London, 1804.
EditorialThe silkworm of Bengal, as caterpillar, cocoon and moth, with ‘figs.1-4’ inscribed against the various stages. Inscribed in ink: ‘Phalarna Paphia Rox: Bombyx Myletta Fabricius. Tusseh Silk Worm of Bengal, see Trans. Linn. Soc. Vol. 7th. About Cal...
EditorialThe silkworm of Bengal, as caterpillar, cocoon and moth, with ‘figs.1-4’ inscribed against the various stages. Inscribed in ink: ‘Phalarna Paphia Rox: Bombyx Myletta Fabricius. Tusseh Silk Worm of Bengal, see Trans. Linn. Soc. Vol. 7th. About Cal...
EditorialGreen-brindled dot moth, Valeria oleagina (Phalaena Bombyx oleagina). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects, London, 1804.
EditorialSilk moth and silkworm, Bombyx mori, on mulberry leaves, Morus alba. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Jacob l'Admiral in Naauwkeurige Waarneemingen omtrent de veranderingen van veele Insekten (Accurate Descriptions of the Metamorp...
EditorialSilk moth, Bombyx mori, and large or garden tiger moth, Arctia caja, on mulberry leaves, Morus alba. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Moses Harris from "The Aurelian; a Natural History of English Moths and Butterflies," new edition edit...
EditorialNun moth, Lymantria monacha, caterpillar 1, moth, 2,3, and Phalaena bombyx monacha 1,2,3, and common house mosquito, Culex pipiens, 4,5, head and proboscis 6. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for C...