Insects Of Surinam
by Natural History Museum, London/science Photo Library
Title
Insects Of Surinam
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Natural History Museum, London/science Photo Library
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Photograph - Photograph
Description
Insects of Surinam. 18th-century artwork from 'Metamorphosibus Insectorum Surinamensium' (1726), a work by the German nature illustrators Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717) and Johanna Helena Herolt (1668-1773). Surinam (now called Suriname) is a country in northern South America. This artwork (Plate 13) shows lepidopterans (moths and butterflies) on a flowering and fruiting yellow mombin (Spondias mombin) plant.
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September 21st, 2018
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