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 JULY SALLOW MOTH. The _Caterpillar_ feeds on the common _Sallow_,
in the Top-leaves of which (spun together) it lies concealed in the
Day-time. Some Leaves, thus spun together, looked as if they had been
dead; but, on Examination, _Caterpillars_ of this Sort were found
therein: They changed to a _Chrysalis_, spun amongst the Leaves, at
the End of _May_. The _Moth_ is bred at the Beginning of _July_, and
may be taken, in the Evening, by the Sides of Woods, Hedges, _&c._
The Wild Black Cherry.
_Cerasus major ac sylvestris, fructu subdulci nigro colore
inficiente._ C. B. Pin.
L. 1. CH. 3. V. CL. 1. S. a. 5.
The BUFF ARGUS-MOTH. The two _Caterpillars_ exhibited in this Plate
were taken by me upon the _Oak_, they feed likewise on the _wild
Briar_, _White-Thorn_, _&c._ They tied themselves up against the
Leaves, after the Manner of the _White Butterfly_, with their Heads
upwards; changed into _Chrysalis_ about the Middle of _June_, and the
_Moths_ were bred about the Middle of _July_. These I suppose to be
Male and Female of the same Species. You may take them flying, in an
Evening, by the Sides of Woods and Hedges, and in green Lanes.
The double-flowered Sweet Briar.
_Rosa sylvestris odora, sive eglanteria, flore duplice._ Park. Parad.
L. 1. CH. 3. VI. CL. 1. S. a. 6.
The GREEN BROOM-MOTH. The _Caterpillar_ feeds on the Leaves of
the common _Broom_; and, about the Middle of _June_, changes to a
_Chrysalis_ in a thin Spinning; in which State it continues for
about three Weeks, then the _Moth_ appears, and may be taken in the
Day-time, by beating the _Furze_ and _Broom_, wherein they usually
are found.
See _Rosel_, Cl. 3. Tab. 12.
The Needle Furze.
_Genista minor Aspalathoides, vel Genista spinosa Anglica._ C. B. Pin.
L. 1. CH. 3. VII. CL. 1. S. a. 7.
The LIME MOSS MOTH. The Eggs are of a greenish Colour, and are
laid in _June_; after being in that State about ten Days the
_Caterpillars_ are hatch’d. They feed on the _Moss_ that grows on
_Lime_ Trees; live and feed all the Winter in the _Caterpillar_
State, and about the Beginning of _May_, are full grown, at which
Time they make a Spinning amongst the _Moss_, and change to
_Chrysalis_. The _Moths_ are bred at the Beginning of _June_, and may
be taken in the Evenings, by the Sides of Woods, in green Lanes, _&c._
The Yellow-flowered Sage.
_Phlomis fructicosa, Salviæ folio latiore & rotundiore._ Raii Hist.
511.
SECT. _b._
Naked Loopers, _with_ Protuberances.
L. 1. CH. 3. I. CL. 1. S. _b._ 1.
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