Born on this day 1647, naturalist & artist Maria Sibylla Merian. Here, Teucer Owl Butterfly & Rainbow Whiptail Lizard among the bananas, from her book The Metamorphosis of the Insects of Suriname, 1705.

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Sigue Carla Berrocal () hablándonos de Maria Sibylla Merian

Considerada como una de las más importantes pioneras de la entomología moderna 🦟

Gran parte de su trabajo está centrado en la flora de Surinam 🇸🇷

🔴 DIRECTO | https://t.co/51kG1YS1hP

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'Plantage Alkmaar. Alkmaar in Suriname 1745-heden', vanaf 26 november 2022 te zien in https://t.co/WGaPGmWXqi

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Quién pa invadir Guyana, Surinam y Guyana Francesa?

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One of 72 engravings based on sketches made during Merian's two years in Surinam, South America. Said Merian, "[The pineapple is] the most outstanding of all edible fruits."

🎨 Maria Sibylla Merian, Plate 1, Dissertation in Insect Generations and Metamorphosis in Surinam, 1719

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Special edition

Suriname (1959-1975)
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United Suriname:

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"Histoire Naturelle, La Grenouille Mugissante - Le Crapaud Pipa"
Nordamerikanischer Ochsenfrosch - Lithobates catesbeianus - American Bullfrog
Grosse Wabenkröte (Amazonagebiet - Surinam) - Surinam Toad
Paris, 1751-1772
https://t.co/Z7PdhFyAqY

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Illustrations for to a short story by Bea Vianen. About the horrible punishments of little girls in a boarding school by Catholic nuns, in Paramaribo-Suriname during the fifties.

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Brazilian tanager male (Ramphocelus bresilius) perched on the branch of a Surinam cherry (Eugenia uniflora).
https://t.co/FIFaaQylcd
"Illustration by Jean Theodore Descourtilz.
Bernard, P., Couailhac, L., Le jardin des plantes (1842)"
Photo © Swallowtail Garden Seeds at Flickr

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Me dieron ganas de dibujar más pokemones , si me pasan sus OCs les aseguro que los dibujo como un pokemon

PD:esta cosa es un sapo de Surinam como renacuajo y como sapo

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For today's fruit themed 4 of your five-a-day with associated animals, after all we are a zoological library! Pineapple, grapes, banana & pomegranate in Maria Merian's (1647-1717) "Dissertation sur la génération et les transformations des insectes de Surinam".

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Mientras Aarón espera, Jayden da un paseo a un sitio lleno de monstruos

He estado jugando Deltarune y Undertale estos días, así que un crossover no está demás.

Music: Whenever
Musician: LiQWYD

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Beelzebufo ampinga and Surinam horned frog (Ceratophrys cornuta)

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These are lovely! By Maria Sibylla Merian, German-born naturalist & scientific illustrator, who travelled to Surinam & produced Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (1705) - here's butterflies, caterpillars & pomegranate + a citron fruit & bugs🦋🐛🦟🍋🍃
https://t.co/S49gHwouGL

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🇦🇷Ropa tradicional de Surinam🇸🇷 me enamoré por completo de este estilo de vestir y me vi obligada a hacer este dibujo 😊💞
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🇧🇷Roupas tradicionais do Suriname🇸🇷 me apaixonei completamente por esse estilo de vestido e fui obrigada a fazer este desenho😊💞

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🍌 In 1699 Maria Sibylla Merian and her daughter Dorothea Maria Graff travelled to Surinam to study the insects there and document their appearance. 🏛 Banana plant and Life Stages of a Bullseye Moth by Pieter Sluyter after Maria Sibylla Merian

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Dibujando a los latinos y centroamericanos (Parte 21- Puerto Rico)
Próximo país: Surinam ♥

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Recently, conducted a student research project to explore Maria Sibylla Merian’s legacy & examine the provenance of & ultimately support the digitization of two editions in their collection of her work on Suriname insects. Learn more ➡️ https://t.co/fnEZxM2qBJ

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