In 1699, Maria Sibylla Merion sailed from Amsterdam to Suriname to study the life cycle of tropical insects. Here’s her watercolor of an Achilles morpho butterfly on a West Indian cherry from an exhibition at . theme today:

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I ❤️ her works - I got this book for my daughter sometime back. Everytime I open it my jaws drop at the drama she created in those images like this “Shoreline Purslane and Suriname Toad”

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🎼 I simply remember (a few of) his favorite things & then I don’t feel so sad 🎶

1.Vogelgids voor Suriname, 1940
Jan Joost ter Pelkwijk (1914-42)
https://t.co/Yb60tAByAS
2.Miriam Makeba
https://t.co/BJOO02Sgqe
3.Vlinders & klaprozen, 1889
Vincent van Gogh

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It been a long time since I used this app. Ahhh meet my most loved daughter: Suriname (need to give her a human name u_u)

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🦋 Metamorphosis insectorum surinamensium.
Amsterdam: Voor den auteur, als ook by G. Valck,[1705].
https://t.co/fifeGO2VNf

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This exhibit features some of our most beautifully illustrated rare books, such as Maria Sibylla Merian's Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (1705).

https://t.co/cpCeke7O85

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Day 10 of 'Food & drink'

's 1705 copy of ‘Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium’ by Maria Sibylla Merian illustrates the life cycle of insects and includes the plants that would be a source of food to the species. Her favourite was the pineapple.

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2/2 Pineapple & cockroaches, from The Insects of Suriname, 1719 edition. Brought to you by traveler, naturalist, & artist Maria Sibylla Merian.

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Born today in 1647, botanical artist Maria Sibylla Merian took an early interest in She retained indigenous names for the not-yet-described species she found in Suriname and performed controlled laboratory experiments to investigate caterpillars' plant preferences.

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Engravings from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (1705) by naturalist and scientific illustrator, Maria Sibylla Merian.

Merian was born 1647. Further details about her remarkable life: https://t.co/dvqS0lc41j

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Banana Tree Flower with Io Moth, by Maria Sibylla Merian — who was born in 1647.

From her pioneering Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium (Insects of Suriname), first published in 1705.

See more prints by her in our online prints shop: https://t.co/ASX37Nx31n

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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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2 avril 1647: naissance de Maria Sibylla Merian, naturaliste et peintre.
Observe, entre autres, la métamorphose des papillons.
➡️Maria, par Jacobus Houbraken
➡️Gravure sur cuivre coloriée à la main, 1705. De Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, planche XX (Thysania agrippina).

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Dessin du soir pour le défi animalier quotidien de : le crapaud du Suriname (Pipa pipa). La femelle incube ses œufs dans un repli de peau sur son dos et les petits en sortent tous formés ! Yummy !

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¿Te apasiona Maria Sibylla Merian? Ya sabes que puedes ver al completo ‘Metamorphosis insectorum surinamensium’ (1705) en acceso abierto. https://t.co/8XVOUIG0cc

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Brokodei ini Diitabiki, 2017
In ‘Iris Kensmil: Blues before sunrise’, Kranenburgh, Bergen

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Maria Sibylla Merian, Plate 12 from ‘Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium’ (1705)
(Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg, Frankfurt)

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Did you know that South-American sweet potatoes produce blue flowers? Maria Sibylla Merian did, as in 1699-1701 she studied plants and animals in Suriname, illustrating them in a spectacular series of drawings. Come and find out her story on Sat 1 Feb, 2-4pm, at .

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A personal tale on fighting my own inner demons, depression and the destruction of my country, by a descructive ideology called “Boutism” , the color pallete used are taken from the flag of my homecountry Suriname 🇸🇷 soon™️

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I keep coming across work whilst on and let’s be honest, that’s not really a problem! The Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium was published in 1705 and is still a fantastic book showing insect life cycles

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