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Cassava Root with Garden Tree Boa, Sphinx Moth and Treehopper
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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)
- Spider, Love-in-a-Mist, Potter Wasp, and Red Currant Joris Hoefnagel
- Spider's Foot and Part of Leg Arthur E. Smith
- Stag Beetle Albrecht Dürer
- Fly Adam Wolfgang Winterschmidt
- Swamp Immortelle with Giant Silk Moth Maria Sibylla Merian
- Hydras Adam Wolfgang Winterschmidt
- Banana Tree Flower with Io Moth Maria Sibylla Merian
- Butterfly Wing Scales Adam Wolfgang Winterschmidt