Insects I
1885-1890
Frederick McCoy, a pioneering Australian naturalist based in Melbourne, captured every hairy detail of this moth's life cycle for his famous zoological catalogs. From the spiky, black-and-yellow caterpillar munching on leaves to the majestic, brown-patterned adult moths, it looks like a page straight out of a Victorian science textbook. You can even see the textured cocoon and the reddish-brown pupa, showing the complete transformation. These intricate, hand-colored illustrations were crucial before photography, helping scientists classify species across the globe.
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