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Branch of Banana with Bullseye Moth
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Illustration from the first edition of Maria Sibylla Merian's pioneering Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (1705), a compilation of sixty elaborate engravings of New World plants, animals, and insects. Merian had travelled to Dutch Surinam in 1699 to study and record the tropical insects, a trip she self-funded, an unusual practice at the time, especially for a woman. (Source: Smithsonian Libraries via Biodiversity Heritage Library)
- Dragonfly, Pear, Carnation, and Insect Joris Hoefnagel
- Pineapple with Australian and German Cockroaches Maria Sibylla Merian
- Cassava Root with Garden Tree Boa, Sphinx Moth and Treehopper Maria Sibylla Merian
- Coconilla with Silk Moth and Molippa Nibasa Moth Maria Sibylla Merian
- “Death is the line that marks the end of all” Joris Hoefnagel
- Branch of Water Lemon with Snout Moth, Brush-Footed Butterfly larva and Flag-Footed Bug Maria Sibylla Merian
- Pores of Skin Adam Wolfgang Winterschmidt
- Rhyngia Arthur E. Smith