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 BLUE ARGUS-BUTTERFLY breeds twice a Year: The first Brood appears
in _May_, the second at the End of _July_ and Beginning of _August_.
This _Fly_ is very common in most _Hay-Fields_ at those Times, and is
easily taken. As for the _Caterpillar_ and _Chrysalis_, I have never
yet heard that they have been discovered by any Body.
The Green Gage-Plumb.
_Prunus fructu rotundo e viridi flavescente, carne dura suavissima._
Miller.
L. 3. CH. 3. II. CL. 1. S. _A._ 2.
The PURPLE HIGH-FLYER, or EMPEROR OF THE WOODS. Neither the
_Caterpillar_ nor _Chrysalis_ of this charming _Fly_ has been yet
discovered, although sought after with the utmost Diligence for
several Years past. The _Butterfly_ appears at the End of _June_ and
Beginning of _July_, and may be taken in _Comb_-Wood in _Surry_,
about _Westram_ in _Kent_, and in other Places. It flies like a Hawk,
delighting to soar aloft and skim in the Air. When it settles it is
usually on some extreme Part of the _Oak_, _Hasle_, or _Ash-Tree_:
and what is very singular, I myself have seen twenty of them taken on
the same Branch one after another, for although the _Fly_ seems to
be extremely wild whilst on the Wing, yet, when settled, you may lay
your Net over it with little Trouble.
The Oak _with its_ Acorns.
_Quercus._
_FINIS._
INDEX to the _FLIES_.
A.
Admirable Butterfly. 55
Angle Shades. 3
Argus Butterfly.
—— great. 53
—— Wood. _ibid._
—— blue. 63
Argus Moth.
—— Buff. 37
Arrach Moth.
—— July. 36
—— Wild. 3
B.
Bindweed Hawk. See Hawk Moth.
Black Arches. 19
Black-thorn Moth. 6
Black Tussock. See Tussock-Moth.
Bramble Moth. 26
Brimstone Butterfly. 48
Brimstone Moth. 39
Brindled Beauty. 35
Brindle Moth. 43
Broom Moth. 4
—— green. 37
Buff-Argus. See Argus Moth.
Buff Moth.
—— spotted. 20
Buff Tip. 21
Burnet Moth. 46
C.
Cinnabar Moth. 26
Codling Moth. 5
Comma Moth. 57
Cleifden Nonpareil. 45
Cream-spot Tyger. See Tyger Moth.
Crimson Underwing. See Underwing Moth.
Curran Moth. See large Magpye.
D.
Dagger Moth. 28
December Moth. 23
Drinker. 27
E.
Ealing’s Glory. 12
Egger.
—— Grass. 23
—— great. 22
—— small. 25
—— small Oak. 44
Elephant, or, Ladies Bedstraw Moth. 11
—— small. 7
Emperor Moth. 15
Emperor of the Woods, or, Purple High-Flyer. 63
Ermine Moth.
—— great. 20
—— small. 4
Eyed Willow Hawk. See Hawk Moth.
F.
Fox-coloured Moth. 25
Fritillary Butterfly.
—— great. 57
—— —— with silver Spots. 59
—— Heath. 58
—— Plantain. _ibid._
—— small. 59
G.
Gipsey Moth. 20
Glory of Kent. 45
Goat Moth. 15
Gold-spot Moth. 8
Gooseberry Moth. 42
Green Broom Moth. See Broom Moth.
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