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Insects of SurinamPlate 7 from Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphosibus Insectorum Surinamensium (1726) by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717) & Johanna Helena Herolt (1668-1773)
Insects of SurinamPlate 9 from Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphosibus Insectorum Surinamensium (1726) by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717) & Johanna Helena Herolt (1668-1773)
Caiman crocodilus crocodilus and Anilius scytaleSpectacled caiman and South American false coral snake. Plate 69 from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium of de Verandering der Surinaamsche Insecten (1705) by A. Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717)
Insects of SurinamPlate 4 from Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphosibus Insectorum Surinamensium (1726) by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717) & Johanna Helena Herolt (1668-1773)
Ananas comosus (pineapple) & Philaethria didoPineapple tree (Ananas comosus) with butterfly, caterpillar & crysalis (Philaethria dido). Plate 2 from Metamorphosis Insectorum (1705) by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717)
Handpainted plate by Maria Sibylla MerianIllustration from Neues Blumenbuch (New Book of Flowers) by Maria Sibylla Merian, published in 1680
Acrocinus longimanus, harlequin beetle and Citrus medica, et
Morpho menelaus, blue morpho butterflyPlate 53 from Metamorphosis Insectorum (1705) by Maria Sybilla Merian
Pineapple with insectsPlate 2 from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium by Maria Sybilla Merian
Iris germanica (left) and Iris pallida (right), bearded irisIllustration by Anna Maria Sibylla Merian, from the Dutch Collection, late 1600s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Insects of SurinamPlate 14 from Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphosibus Insectorum Surinamensium (1726) by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717) & Johanna Helena Herolt (1668-1773)
Two species of beetle, with larvae on a Mexican or prickly poppy. Plate 24 from Metamorphosis Insectorum (1705) by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717)
Heteropoda venatoria & Avicularia aviculariaHuntsman spider (Heteropoda venatoria) and pinktoe tarantula (Avicularia avicularia). Engraving made for Metamorphosis Insectorum (1705) by Maria Sybilla Merian
Thysania agrippina, white witchCaterpillar, cocoon and adults of a white witch moth (Thysania agrippina). Plate 20 from Metamorphosis Insectorum (1705) by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717)
Insects, plants & shells against landscape
Lucanus cervus, stag beetleAlso, Macrodontia cervicorn, palm weevil beetle & grub, Rhynchophorus palmarum and other unrelated insects. Plate 48 from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium by Maria Sybilla Merian, 1705
Heliconius riciniButterflies (Heliconius ricini) feed on caster-oil plant (Ricinus communis). Plate 30 from Metamorphosis Insectorum (1705) by Maria Sybilla Merian
Arsenura armida, Emperor moth caterpillars on coral treeEmperor moth caterpillars on coral tree from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium of te Verandering der Surinaamsche Insecten by Maria Sibylla Merian
Stagmatoptera precaria, mantidLife cycle of the mantid (Stagmatoptera precaria). Reproduced as an engraving after the orginal watercolour from as Plate 66 Metamorphosis Insectorum (1705) by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717)
Plate from New Book of Flowers (1680)Illustration from Neues Blumenbuch or New Book of Flowers (1680) by Maria Sibylla Merian
Manihot esculenta, cassava plantIllustration from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (1705) by Maria Sybilla Merian
Anna Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717)Portrait of Anna Maria Sibylla Merian, a German naturalist. Frontispiece from Erucarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis by Merian (1717)
Passiflora laurifolia, water lemonIllustration from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium (1705) by Maria Sibylla Merian, of Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)
Plate from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium
Title plate from Neues Blumenbuch by Maria Sibylla MerianTitle plate from Neues Blumenbuch (New Book of Flowers) by Maria Sibylla Merian, published in 1680
Surinaamsche Insecten, Insects of SurinamPlate 57 from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium of te Verandering der Surinaamsche Insecten by Maria Sibylla Merian
Palliseden bonnFrom Plate 11 Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium of de Verandering der Surinaamsche Insecten (1705) by Maria Sibylla Merian