Giant peacock moth

Giant Peacock Moth | Scientific classification: Kingdom:Animalia Phylum:Arthropoda Class:Insecta Order:Lepidoptera Family:Saturniidae Genus:Saturnia Species:S. pyri

In May 1889 [Vincent wrote](http://www.vangoghletters.org/vg/letters/let776/letter.html) to his brother Theo, 'Yesterday I drew a very large, rather rare night moth there which is called the death’s head, its coloration astonishingly distinguished: black, grey, white, shaded, and with glints of carmine or vaguely tending towards olive green; it’s very big. To paint it I would have had to kill it, and that would have been a shame since the animal was so beautiful.'Later he decided to paint…

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Saturnia pyri # Saturniidae ...

The first Friday of the month seems to have arrived very quickly! Thank you Cheryll for hosting us again - pop over to Cheryll's blog here to see who took part. The first Friday was also the 1st of the month which meant Red Manor House BOM day! And this month we are making these flower blocks. Eight blocks means 80 petals so my Friday was spent cutting out petals and starting to baste. Fortunately I had a charm pack in my stash of Red Manor fabrics so I didnt have to make any decisions about…

The surest bet in the museum world (other than, I suppose, animatronics dinosaurs) would be to mount a show of four dozen or so of the major works of Vincent van Gogh. This summer the Sterling and …

I-II. Mammalia. 1800-1. - III. Amphibia. 1802. - IV-V. Pisces. 1803-4. - VI. Insecta. 1806. - VII-VIII. Aves. 1809-12. - IX-XIV, pt. 1. Aves by J. F. Stephens....

Saturnia pyri, Giant peacock moth.