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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)
- Pineapple with Australian and German Cockroaches Maria Sibylla Merian
- Poppy Anemones, Caterpillar, Fig, and Quince Joris Hoefnagel
- Swamp Immortelle with Giant Silk Moth Maria Sibylla Merian
- Pores of Skin Adam Wolfgang Winterschmidt
- Coconilla with Silk Moth and Molippa Nibasa Moth Maria Sibylla Merian
- Fly Adam Wolfgang Winterschmidt
- Fly, Caterpillar, Pear, and Centipede Joris Hoefnagel
- Pineapple with Cockroaches Maria Sibylla Merian