Plate 30: Seven Moths

Joris Hoefnagel

National Gallery of Art

The image shows various moths and an insect arranged in a circular formation. The largest object is a moth at the bottom right with brown and beige wings and a faint blue band near the lower edge. Two prominent moths are above it, either dark brown or with a triangular shape. To the left, there is a slender, elongated insect with elongated wings, and a smaller vertically positioned insect with pink and yellow markings nearby. Another moth with light-colored, almost translucent wings is faintly visible near the bottom left. The insects have golden-brown and pinkish hues against a cream background. The objects are positioned within an ellipse, outlined in light orange, in the center of the image with Roman numerals 'XXX' to the right outside the ellipse.