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Image Gallery: Life Cycle Sketches

Some examples of the exquisite composite sketches painted by AW Scott and his daughters to record the life stages of the Lepidoptera they were studying.

Life cycle sketch of  Spilosoma canescens (Butler) Life cycle sketch of Spilosoma canescens (Butler)
Life cycle sketch of  Bombyx festiva  Donovan Life cycle sketch of Bombyx festiva Donovan
Polio festiva Donovan Polio festiva Donovan
Life cycle sketch of Botys Life cycle sketch of Botys
Cardamyla carinentalis Walker Pyralidae, Epipaschia pyrastis Meyrick Pyralidae, Wingia aurata (Walker) Oecophoridae and Wingia eonephela (Meyrick) Oecophoridae Cardamyla carinentalis Walker Pyralidae, Epipaschia pyrastis Meyrick Pyralidae, Wingia aurata (Walker) Oecophoridae and Wingia eonephela (Meyrick) Oecophoridae
Life cycle sketch of Tryphaena renigera Scott Life cycle sketch of Tryphaena renigera Scott

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