Insects of Surinam, 18th century #6
by Science Photo Library
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Insects of Surinam, 18th century #6
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Science Photo Library
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Photograph - Photograph
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Insects of Surinam. 18th-century artwork showing the life stages of a blue morpho butterfly (Morpho menelaus). This artwork is Plate 53 from 'Metamorphosibus Insectorum Surinamensium' (1705) by German nature illustrator Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717). Surinam (now called Suriname) is in northern South America.
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March 6th, 2014
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