Romantic moths
In the 18th century a group of naturalists who gave themselves the name 'The Aurelians' began to study British butterflies and moths. They made up fanciful names, mainly based on features in the wing markings. There is a moth for every occasion, including the four romanticly-named moths pictured above:
The True Lover's Knot is common around the north west on heathery moors, the Archer's Dart is found in local sand-dunes. The Heart and Dart is abundant almost everywhere but the Heart and Club is mainly found in south east England and is rare in the Liverpool area. Visitors can see lots more specimens, romantic and otherwise, in the Bug House at World Museum Liverpool. Accession number for the AH Hamm Collection 1943.3 Creepy crawly toursIf you are interested in entomology (the study of insects) you might like to join one of our Creepy crawly tours to have a behind-the scenes look at our collections. Tours are monthly, with occasional extra dates during the school holidays. The next dates are 20 and 22 February and 20 March, all at 1pm. See our What's on section for more details. In this section
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