Hummingbird Hawk-moth | Kolibrievlinder | Taubenschwänzchen, (Macroglossum Stellatarum) by Dirk Hessels
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Hand colored copper etching of Macroglossum stellatarum (Sphingidae) in all stages and with it's foodplant Galium. In one of the finest works on butterflies ever published. Cobres I, 381: "Ein Werk ohne seines gleiches, in der ungemein sauberen Ausführung, daher höchst schätzbar'.; " ... eines der prächtigsten Abbildungswerke der Lepidopterologie ..." (W. Junk). Its really marvellously executed plates are the culminating point of entomological illustration. Complete copies are of great rarity. The publication of this work which according to Nissen probably started as early as 1728, stopped two hundred years later, when in 1928 the author of the third series, A. Brants, deceased after having completed only the first ten parts of the first volume. The famous publishing house Sepp & Zoon, was a firm which excercised the utmost care in producing colour-plate books of outstanding quality. In the present case Sepp was the author as well as the publisher. "First series started by Christiaan Andreas Sepp together with his son Jan Christiaan (1739-1811) published in issues and in the format after the model chosen by Roesel von Rosenhof; Sepp followed his own path for the descriptions of butterflies and their illustrations. It has become the most important work on Dutch lepidoptera" (Landwehr 182).
Nissen ZBI, 3808 & 3808a; Horn & Schenkling 20145; Landwehr 182 & 202.
Bron: Antiquariaat Junk BV Amsterdam.
Last weekend spent in the beautiful Ardennes (Belgium).
Although our main goal was birds, we also saw a lot of other nice species. Like this beautiful Hummingbird Hawk-moth, feeding from the flowers.
Pumped up the ISO quickly to get some shutter speed, because they are sooo quick.
He was very close, so I had to step back because the focus distance of the 200-600mm is 2.4 mtrs.
Handheld shot.
Kolibrievlinder, Macroglossum stellatarum
Kolibrievlinder, Macroglossum stellatarum
Kolibrievlinder, Macroglossum stellatarum
Kolibrievlinder, Macroglossum stellatarum
They were very common in Brittany this year. Macroglossum stellatarum.
KIEKEBOE, in onze tuin !!!
Caught this beautifull butterfly in my little garden.
Snoepend van de vlinderstruik in onze tuin !!
Zie zijn TONG !!!
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