Chrysalis Collection

Plate 27: Two Moths, Two Chyrsalides, and Other Insects, c. 1575/1580. Creator: Joris Hoefnagel
Plate 27: Two Moths, Two Chyrsalides, and Other Insects, c. 1575/1580

Plate 15: Three Butterflies and Two Chrysalides, c. 1575/1580. Creator: Joris Hoefnagel
Plate 15: Three Butterflies and Two Chrysalides, c. 1575/1580

Plate 20: Three Butterflies, a Caterpillar, a Bee, Two Chrysalides, and Three Weevils, c1575/1580
Plate 20: Three Butterflies, a Caterpillar, a Bee, Two Chrysalides, and Three Weevils, c. 1575/1580

Plate 16: Five Butterflies and Two Chrysalides, c. 1575/1580. Creator: Joris Hoefnagel
Plate 16: Five Butterflies and Two Chrysalides, c. 1575/1580

A Caterpillar and Two Moths on a Branch and Two Butterflies, early 18th-mid 18th century

Peacock, Smalll Tortoiseshell and Comma Butterflies... c1930s, (1945). Creator: Vere Temple
Peacock, Smalll Tortoiseshell and Comma Butterflies - Vanessa io, Vanessa urticae and Vannessa c-album, c1930s, (1945). Aglais io, Aglais urticae and Polygonia c-album - chrysalises

Magpie or Currant Moth: Phalaena grossulariata, 1813, (1945). Creator: Edward Donovan
Magpie or Currant Moth: Phalaena grossulariata, 1813, (1945). Illustration by Edward Donovan from his " Natural History of British Insects"

Emperor Moth, 1749, (1943). Creator: H Terasson
Emperor Moth, 1749, (1943). Caterpillar, chrysalis and adult of a species of moth, probably Saturnia pavonia, the small emperor moth

The Butterflies of Great Britain, c1855. Illustration from a work on butterflies by J O Westwood

Harmful crepuscular insects, 1897. Artist: F Meaulle
Harmful crepuscular insects, 1897. Crepuscular is a term used to describe animals that are primarily active during the twilight. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 11th July 1897

Metamorphoses of the Peacock butterfly, 1888. Artist: Thomas Brown
Metamorphoses of the Peacock butterfly, 1888. The Peacock (Inachis io), is a butterfly of the temperate regions of Europe and Asia

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