Wood and Scarlet Tiger Moths Vintage Illustration

This printable vintage book plate includes illustrations of beautiful reddish, orange and yellow colored wood and scarlet tiger moths.

The description on the page is:

Plate XV
119. Wood Tiger. Male. Chelonia plantaginis.
120. Wood Tiger.  Female. Chelonia plantaginis
121. Scarlet Tiger. Larva. Callimorpha dominula.
122. Scarlet Tiger. Larva. Callimorpha dominula.
123. Scarlet Tiger. Pupa. Callimorpha dominula.
124. Scarlet Tiger.  Callimorpha dominula
125. Scarlet Tiger. At rest. Callimorpha dominula
126. White Dead Nettle. Food plant. Lamium album.

The larva and pupa of the scarlet tiger moth is also illustrated on the flowering white dead nettle botanical plant.   

I scanned this illustration of wood and scarlet tiger moths from a book titled, “Butterflies and Moths of the Countryside” by Frederick Edward Hulme. The book was published in 1903.

These pages are from the same book; however, the type of paper used for the book plates is a different type of paper (thicker and textured) from the text pages. The illustrated pages have maintained their bright color while the text pages have naturally aged to a yellow color.  
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New in my Etsy shop this week is a printable set of book pages featuring text from the 1903 book “Butterflies and Moths of the Countryside”, by Frederick Edward Hulme.

I have also added a printable set of grungy butterflies and moths ATC cards to my shop.

I have added the following two new digital stamp/transfer images to my Etsy shop this week as well.  

1. Apple Tree

2. Camp fires. This digital stamp/transfer image illustrates how camp fires should be built at night and for cooking.

Preview images are linked to my Etsy shop.

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