Overview

LAMPE, Rudolf E. J.: Saturniidae of the World – Pfauenspinner der Welt Their Life Stages from the Eggs to the Adults – Ihre Entwicklungsstadien vom Ei zum Falter 2010. [in English and German] – 368 pp., 336 color plates (2949 photographs), 9 coloured and 2 black-and-white-figures. 30.3 x 21.5 cm. Hard cover. ISBN 978-3-89937-084-3 Euro 68.00 order now

There are about 1,400 species world-wide in the moth family Saturniidae. For over thirty years, Rudolf E. J. LAMPE has been studying more than three hundred of them. Furthermore, he has professionally photographed the stages of development from the egg, through the larval stages and pupation, to the adult moth.
The result is a unique documentation of the metamorphosis of these fascinating animals. With 2,949 illustrations, the author unfolds to us the unexpected variety and beauty of Saturniid larvae.

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