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Watercolor sheet of butterflies, moths, a caterpillar and a wasp-like insect with handwritten labels.

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Max Gabriel von Schmetterlinge und Raupen Muenchen, Gabriel von Max (1859), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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A watercolor and ink sheet presents a grid of butterflies, moths, and a green caterpillar, each annotated with handwritten German and English labels and scientific names. The insects are rendered in red, orange, yellow, blue, and green tones against a pale ground.

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