[Hatching moth]. From the portfolio: Birth of a Beauty: The Hatching of the Emperor Gum Moth Antheraea eucalypti

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[Hatching moth]. From the portfolio: Birth of a Beauty: The Hatching of the Emperor Gum Moth Antheraea eucalypti

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Te Papa Collections Online

Description

Number seven in a series of eight. A close-up view of a moth emerging from a cocoon on the branch of a plant. Caption: 'Twenty five minutes have passed since his birth. Crowned with the noble feathery antennae, which are the sexual character of the male moth, he is fully developed now'.

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Image

Date created

1945

Creator

Richard Sharell

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1041861

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Moths / photographic gelatin / silver / photographic paper / cardboard / black-and-white prints / gelatin silver prints / black-and-white photographs / works of art / black-and-white photography / entomology / New Zealand

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