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
The SALLOW MOTH. The _Caterpillar_ was fed by Mr. _Dandridge_ on the
common Sallow, until it changed to a _Chrysalis_ within the Earth,
which was at the Beginning of _June_. The _Moth_ was produced about
the Middle of _September_. These _Moths_ are not common; for, in
all my Practice, I have not been able to take above three or four,
and that was in the Evening, near _Shooter’s Hill_, in the Month of
_September_. The _Caterpillars_ are likewise very scarce.
See _Albin_, Pl. 33.
Common Sallow in Flower.
_Salix Cutifolio rotundo._ C. B. Pin.
L. 1. CH. 1. IX. CL. 1. S. _A._ 9.
The CODLING MOTH. Mr. _Rosel_ says, The _Caterpillar_ of this _Moth_
feeds on the Kernels of Apples and Pears. The _Moth_ lays her Eggs at
the End of _June_: Eight Days after the _Caterpillars_ are bred; and,
when full fed, they go out of the Fruit and change to the _Chrysalis_
under the Bark of the Tree. They remain there all the Winter, and the
_Moths_ are bred in _June_ following. I have, myself, found Plenty
of these Flies sticking on the Bark of the Oak-trees, in _Richmond_
Park, at the End of _June_, in the Day-time.
See _Rosel_, Cl. 4. Tab. 13.
The Codling-tree with its Blossom.
_Pomum Coctile._ Raii Hist.
L. 1. CH. 1. X. CL. 1. S. _A._ 10.
The PROVENCE ROSE MOTH. Rose Leaves are the Food of this
_Caterpillar_. In the Middle of _May_ I had some of them that changed
to the _Chrysalis_ folded in the Leaves; at the Beginning of _June_
the _Moths_ were bred. They may be taken in Gardens in the Evening.
See _Rosel_, Cl. 4. Tab. 9.
The Moss Provence Rose.
_Rosa, Provincialis spinosissima, pedunculo muscoso._ Boerh. _Ind.
alter._
L. 1. CH. 1. XI. CL. 1. S. _A._ 11.
The SCOLLOP-WINGED OAK MOTH. I took the _Caterpillar_ of this
_Moth_, feeding on Oak-leaves, about the 10th of _June_, at which
Time it went into the _Chrysalis_, spining itself up in a Leaf;
and the _Moth_ was bred on the 7th Day of _July_. Both _Moth_ and
_Caterpillar_ are very scarce.
See _Rosel_, Cl. 2. Tab. 63.
The Yellow Rose.
_Rosa, Lutea, multiplex._ C. B. Pin. 4831.
L. 1. CH. 1. XII. CL. 1. S. _A._ 12.
The BLACK-THORN MOTH, or, _Figure of_ 8. The _Caterpillar_ is easily
found, feeding on Black Thorn, White Thorn, Crab-tree, _&c._ towards
the End of _May_, at which Time it spins a hard Case against its
Food, and changes to a _Chrysalis_; the _Moth_ is bred about the End
of _August_, and is not commonly taken.
See _Albin_, P. 13. _Rosel_, Cl. 2. Tab. 16. _Reaumur_, Pl. 18. Pag.
342. Vol. 1.
_The common Periwinkle._
_Pervinca vulgaris angustifolia, flore pleno saturate purpureo._
Tourn.
L. 1. CH. 1. XIII. CL. 1. S. _A._ 13.
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