Large tiger moth, Pericallia matronula moth 1, rufous minor, Oligia versicolor 2, broad-bordered bee hawk-moth, Hemaris fuciformis 3bc3c and caterpillar 3a, Diane moth 4, Hebe tiger moth, Eucharia festiva 5. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.
Large tiger moth, Pericallia matronula moth 1, rufous minor, Oligia versicolor 2, broad-bordered bee hawk-moth, Hemaris fuciformis 3bc3c and caterpillar 3a, Diane moth 4, Hebe tiger moth, Eucharia festiva 5. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.