Pine-tree lappet moth, Dendrolimus pini 1, pine beauty, Panolis flammea 2, and pine hawk-moth, Sphinx pinastri 3. Shown with caterpillar (larva) C, pupa D and cocoon E. Pine tree pests. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1813. A 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with almost 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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