The English moths and butterflies : $b Together with the plants, flowers, and fruits whereon they feed, and are usually found. — John Shaqi
The English moths and butterflies : $b Together with the plants, flowers, and fruits whereon they feed, and are usually found.Wilkes, Benjamin
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The English moths and butterflies : $b Together with the plants, flowers, and fruits whereon they feed, and are usually found.
Wilkes, Benjamin
Butterflies -- Great Britain
This delightful Month brings forth in the Woods and Meads a
surprising Variety of _Flies_. _Hornsey_, _Cain_, and _Tottenham_
Woods; the Woods near _Southgate_; _Hanging_ Wood, by _Charlton_,
in _Kent_; _Oak of Honour_ Wood, by _Dulwich_; _Comb_ Wood, by
_Kingstone_, in _Surrey_, and the Fields adjacent are all frequented
by them in this Month in the Day-time as well as in the Evening; and
if the Weather be fine you will never fail of Sport. Abundance of
different _Caterpillars_ are likewise to be found at this Time, such
as those of the _Emperor-Moth_, of the _Lappit_, _Drinker_, _Egger_,
and of Numbers of other Sorts.
JUNE.
This Month adds greatly to the Number of _Flies_ bred in _May_.—From
the 20th to the 30th are usually produced: in _Southgate_, _Comb_,
and _Oak of Honour_ Woods, the _Great Fritillary_ and other fine
_Butterflies_, with Plenty of _Moths_; all which may be taken in and
near the Woods already mentioned.
JULY.
The first ten Days in this Month are the Time for taking the _Purple
Emperor-Butterfly_ in _Comb_ Wood; and the Fields adjacent can
furnish such a charming Variety of _Moths_ and _Butterflies_, that
I do not know any Place where an _Aurelian_ can spend a Week with
more Satisfaction and Assurance of Success. As soon as the _Purple
Emperor-Butterfly_ begins to grow bad, the Time comes on when the
second Breed of the _Swallow-tail Butterfly_ is quite fresh, as
also the _Great Tortoise-shell_, _Peacock Butterfly_, &c. About
the Middle of this Month you may find the _Great Red Underwing_
and the _Goat-Moth_ standing against the _Willow-Trees_ which
usually grow by the Sides of Ditches about the old Barge-House,
_Rotherhith_, _Vauxhall_, and likewise in other Places. Seek also for
the _Caterpillars_ that produce the _Great Elephant_ and _Gold-Spot
Moths_: the most certain Places to find which, that I know of, are by
the Sides of the Ditches in _Rotherhith_ Marshes. The _Caterpillars_
that produce the _Elephant Moth_ feeds on the _White Ladies
Bedstraw_, those of the _Gold-Spot_ on the _Great Water-Grass_. I
have taken the _Gold-Spot Chrysalis_ and _Caterpillar_ likewise in
the low Grounds by _Vauxhall_ in _Surry_.
AUGUST.
At the Beginning of this Month may be found amongst the _Willows_,
about the Banks by the _Chelsea_ Water-Works, the _Caterpillars_
that produce the _Eyed-Willow_ and _Poplar-Hawks_, also the
_Buff-Tip-Puss_, &c. and from the 20th to the 30th the _Admirable
Butterfly_, &c.
SEPTEMBER.
If this Month proves fine, a great many scarce _Moths_ are to be
taken in the Evenings, and the second Brood of the _Comma-Butterfly_,
as well as some other _Flies_, present themselves. _Caterpillars_
are likewise to be got in Plenty off the _Oak_, _Black-Thorn_, and
a Variety of other Foods; and these, if taken Care of, will produce
scarce and valuable _Flies_ in the succeeding
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