Spiders, ants and hummingbird on a branch of a guava - Maria Sibylla Merian, 1705. (Colored copper engraving from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, Plate XLIII.)

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A closer look at the frontispiece in the 1730 Ed of Maria Sibylla Merian's work on the insects of Suriname: just to the left of the cherub's bum, I've only just noticed a miniature version of the book plus the pineapple from one of the plates growing in a pot!

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Day 2: Drawing of the frog witch lady suriname and her froglings

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Half time oranges any one?? Nope not us either! We are in the mood for pineapple! Plate 2 from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717) Free to read via https://t.co/EnQNogCsH6

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Not everyone loves cockroaches with their pineapple but this image from Maria Sibylla Merian's 1705 'Insects of Surinam' is still our fave for https://t.co/oaLtUvZ9NH 🍍🍍🍍 Find our copy with sooooo many great plates scanned in

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June 24 is and here is one of my favourite objects brought to life: 'Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium' by Maria Sibylla Merian

Credit for gif: Richard Naples via competition 2014, using source material from

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New artwork for sale! - "Branch With A Surinam fly by Cornelis Markee 1763" - https://t.co/WCEhs1W5sA

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Female Surinam Toads (Pipa pipa) grow skin over fertilized eggs pressed onto their backs by the males. Once the toadlets have developed, they pop out of her back. from Naturalist's Miscellany (1789-1813), Vol. 1. Via and : https://t.co/vX9JRVO4BQ

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New artwork for sale! - "Branch With A Surinam fly by Cornelis Markee 1763" - https://t.co/WCEhs1W5sA

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Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), German naturalist and scientific illustrator who left her husband and traveled to Suriname to study in an age of extreme restriction on women

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Maria Sibylla Merian and her daughter Dorothea Graff were pioneering painters and printmakers famous for their scientific illustrations. In 1699 they travelled to Surinam in South America where they made extensive notes and sketches of the colourful wildlife

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Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) German naturalist/scientific illustrator who left her husband and traveled to Suriname to study

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Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) German naturalist/scientific illustrator who left her husband and traveled to Suriname to study

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Maria Sibylla Merian's stunning folio-sized "Insects of Europe/Surinam". holds the only copy in Australia.

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Trying a vallée du Rhône tonight, purchased in my local store. All I can say: May the be with you.

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Pepper Plant-incisione originale acquerellata inserita nell'opera di Maria Sibylla Merian "Metamorphasibus Insectorum Surinamensium"

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Suriname Toads hatch from eggs embedded in their mother's back. Via & https://t.co/7REYT8VW1W

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