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Kōrero: European discovery of plants and animals

This plate shows George Hudson’s no-nonsense approach to illustrating his books. He favoured simple accurate images of insects in rows and columns, so that live specimens could be readily compared.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Reference: G. V. Hudson, The butterflies and moths of New Zealand. Wellington: Ferguson & Osborn, 1928, Plate XII.

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John Andrews, European discovery of plants and animals – Naturalists: 1840s–1890s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/zoomify/10965/moths (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā John Andrews, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.