| Summary: | This image depicts caterpillars, pupae, and chrysalides: Hoary edge, Achalarus lyciades (Geyer) skipper (top row, left); Monarch, Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus) (top row, right); Variegated fritillary, Euptoieta claudia (Cramer), (second row, left); Pipevine swallowtail, Battus philenor (Linnaeus) (second row, middle); Zebra swallowtail, Eurytides marcellus (Cramer) (second row, right); Meadow fritillary, Boloria bellona (Fabricius?) (bottom row, left); and two Saddleback caterpillars, Acharia stimulea (Clemens), dorsal and lateral views (bottom 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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