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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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2023-04-02

2/2 Life cycle of the Menelaus Blue Morpho butterfly, beautifully documented by Maria Sibylla Merian for her book on the insects of Surinam. Today is her day.

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2023-04-02

Born on this day in 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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2023-04-02

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Hi everyone, I'm Suren 🍀✨ I'm a Dutch-Suriname comic artist. I enjoy drawing my original characters and art of my webcomic Jade Kingdoms

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2023-03-24

by Eric Carle (1985) .

Spiders, ants, cockroach and hummingbird on guava tree by Maria Sibylla Merian. (Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium,1705).

View via https://t.co/rZwrafEESf

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2023-03-02

With her drawings broke the scientific molds of the time. In 1705 she published her masterpiece Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, which greatly impressed who drew on Merian's observations for some of his Systema Naturae texts.

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2023-02-14

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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2023-01-14

Maria Sibylla Merian’s book on the Insects of Suriname was a game changer - a book about the insects, their life cycles, their host plants, what they feed on & what feeds on them - 60 species & over 90 animals were studied.

She was a & so had many critics 🧵Pt.1

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2022-12-11

por falta de desenhos do meu oc Gream
Ficarei com essa foto do surinam por enquanto :"3☕

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2022-11-02

Ruthven as the surinam horned frog

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2022-10-23

Happy everyone!

I'm a freelance Illustrator from Suriname, South America!

Most my work involves action shots, muscle girls, character design or silly mashups ;0

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2022-10-12

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Muy pocos te Conocen pequeño Surinam 😥👊

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2022-10-07

Not quite a fan of my last suriname post (deleted) so i replaced her wit a tinier version of herself. Feel like liking her a lot better now 👍👍👍👍👍

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2022-10-05

New artwork for sale! - "Paramaribo Suriname Skyline - https://t.co/0fq6NC2vc9

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2022-09-26

Maria Sybilla Merian's 'Insects of Surinam' (1705) was a particular hit with this morning's tour group for International Copyright-Literacy Event of 's Library and Archive.

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2022-09-09

Anansi is an Akan West African folktale, the Akan God of Stories,Wisdom, Knowledge, and possibly creation. He often takes the shape of a spider. Anansi stories spread to West Indies, Suriname, SierraLeone and the Netherlands Antilles; also Curaçao, Aruba, and Bonaire.

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