Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9918
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Life cycle of the Pine hawk moth
Date
1818
Creator
W. Siegrist (1800, German) , Printmaker
After
T. Weber (German)
Object type
Library reference
Tracts_x167_20
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 260mm
width (print): 200mm
width (print): 200mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Seven figures showing the development of Bombyx pini [the Pine hawk moth Hyloicus pinastri]. Including eggs, caterpillar, pupa stage and fully grown female moth. The insect is shown on the Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) in figure 4.
Plate 1 from Anatomisch-physiologische Untersuchungen der Insekten und Krustenthiere..., by Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Suckow (Heidelberg, 1818). Inscribed below “T Weber ad nat pinx. W. Siegrist sculp. Mannheim”.
Plate 1 from Anatomisch-physiologische Untersuchungen der Insekten und Krustenthiere..., by Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Suckow (Heidelberg, 1818). Inscribed below “T Weber ad nat pinx. W. Siegrist sculp. Mannheim”.
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