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Images from German “Caterpillar Calendar” (1837)

- January 16, 2018 in butterflies, caterpillars, entomology, insects, lepidoptery

Wonderful illustrations from an entomological volume outlining which caterpillars appear each month, as well as details on how to keep them and catch the butterflies into which they will transform.

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Images from German “Caterpillar Calendar” (1837)

- January 16, 2018 in butterflies, caterpillars, entomology, insects, lepidoptery

Wonderful illustrations from an entomological volume outlining which caterpillars appear each month, as well as details on how to keep them and catch the butterflies into which they will transform.

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Images from German “Caterpillar Calendar” (1837)

- January 16, 2018 in butterflies, caterpillars, entomology, insects, lepidoptery

Wonderful illustrations from an entomological volume outlining which caterpillars appear each month, as well as details on how to keep them and catch the butterflies into which they will transform.

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Robert Baden-Powell’s Entomological Intrigues

- July 10, 2013 in Articles, baden-powell, Books, butterflies, my adventures as a spy, scouts, spying, war

In 1915 Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the worldwide Scouts movement, published…

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