. British butterflies and moths. Butterflies -- Great Britain; Moths -- Great Britain. PAINTED LADYâRED ADMIRAL an artist's brush, and the nature lover's constant admira- tion. The green egg is laid on a thistle leaf. As it develops it darkens considerably, and in due course the hairy larva appears. It is of soHtary disposition, so much 8o indeed that it constructs a silky apartment in which to reside. As, however, the larva often eats away its 'â ' environment," it would appear to defeat the object it had in view. The pupa, as well as the larva, varies in colour, and the former is richly
. British butterflies and moths. Butterflies -- Great Britain; Moths -- Great Britain. PAINTED LADYâRED ADMIRAL an artist's brush, and the nature lover's constant admira- tion. The green egg is laid on a thistle leaf. As it develops it darkens considerably, and in due course the hairy larva appears. It is of soHtary disposition, so much 8o indeed that it constructs a silky apartment in which to reside. As, however, the larva often eats away its 'â ' environment," it would appear to defeat the object it had in view. The pupa, as well as the larva, varies in colour, and the former is richly shot with metallic lustre on various parts of the shroud. The perfect insect is freckled and spotted with black, brown, and white markings on a tawny-orange ground, and there is not a great deal of difference between the sexes. The under- side of the wing is much lighter all over, and the spots on the hind wings are repeated at the rear, having dark centres ringed with TKeA /KdrrnTcxl. Red Admiral.â{Pyrameis atalanta.) This lover of garden flowers and ripe fruit (Fig. 4) revels in the Autumn sunshine, and is so vividly contrasted in its rich bands c " 17. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Westell, W. Percival (William Percival), 1874-1937. [London] : Chapman & Dodd
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