Talk:Saturnia pavonia
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editmature caterpillar seen 28/8/07 glendarlough, wicklow mountains, ireland. partway up a heather & bracken-coated mountain82.18.82.149 17:17, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
Whatever Van Gogh thought it was...
editA very interesting painting by Van Gogh, and its name is certainly (according to the Van Gogh Museum) "death's head hawkmoth" (Grote nachtpauwoog)..<ref>{{cite web|last1=Van Gogh|first1=Vincent|title=Grote nachtpauwoog|url=http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/s0189V1962|publisher=Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam|accessdate=19 October 2015|date=June 1889}}</ref> Its back definitely bears a death's head, so it must be Atropos; but its wing pattern looks like Saturnia. Did the great man combine the two? Was he familiar with Saturnia but wanted to depict the deathly moth somehow? We need, I think, a definite reference for this, rather than committing visual WP:OR by deciding these matters for ourselves.Chiswick Chap (talk) 15:24, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
- Information added to the discussion on File talk:Van Gogh - Totenkopfschwärmer auf Aronstab.jpeg. Cheers. Snjón (talk) 15:39, 19 October 2015 (UTC)