Saturnine Collection

The Snake Skin Shoes or the Temptation of Eve
The Snake-Skin Shoes, or, the Temptation of Eve by Pierrot. A young woman in a shoe shop is tempted by a pair of snake skin shoes presented by the somewhat saturnine looking sales assistant

Rothschildia orizaba
A large moth from the family Saturniidae: Saturniinae, from Panama. This species has a wingspan of 130mm

Actias luna, luna moth
This species of moth belong to the family Saturniidae: Saturniinae. This species has a wingspan of 83mm and originates from the U.S.A

Archaeroattacus edwardsii, Indian silk moth
Indian silk moth from India. Specimen on display at the Natural History Museum at Tring, part of the Natural History Museum, London

Attacus atlas, atlas moth
The underside view of an atlas moth painted by Pieter de Bevere. Illustration from the Loten Collection dated (1754-57) held at the Natural History Museum, London

Saturnia pyripavonia, emperor moth
Plate 1 from 298 water-colour drawings of insects and larvae, Frankfurdt 1622 by C. Flegel

Gynandromorph Antheraea frithi, silkmoth

Antheraea sp. Emperor moth caterpillars
Caterpillars of the Emperor moth. Painting by Pieter de Bevere from the Loten Collection dated (1754-57) held at the Natural History Museum, London

Actias luna, emperor moth
A green swallow tailed emperor moth with the liquid amber or sweet gum plant (Liquidambar styraciflua) by John Abbot (1751-1840)

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