| Summary: | This image depicts caterpillars and pupae of eight species of moths: Dubious tiger moth, Spilosoma dubia (Walker) (first row, left); Yellow-haired dagger moth, Acronicta impleta (Walker) (first row, middle); White-dotted prominent, Nadata gibbosa (J. E. Smith); Saltmarsh caterpiller, Estigmene acrea (Drury) (second row, left); Carpenterworm moth, Prionoxystus robiniae (Peck), with pupa (second row, right); Gelichiidae, unidentified, with pupa (third row, left); Pink-striped oakworm, Anisota virginiensis (Drury) (fourth row, left); the Confederate, Condica vecors (Guenee) or C. confederata (Grote) (fourth row, right).In 1838, English naturalist Philip Henry Gosse created a portfolio of watercolor miniatures for the insects of Alabama he observed while visiting the state. Gosse was one of the 19th Century's foremost naturalists. He called his portfolio Entomologia Alabamensis, which was never formally published and is now held by the British Library. This image from the portfolio was made from a color transparency purchased from the British Library in 1993.
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