April 29th, 2012
atelierentomologica: 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).

atelierentomologica:

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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