#entomologic illustration

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Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647-1717) • Pomegranate with Blue Morpho Butterflies and Banded Sphinx Moth Caterpillar • Illuminated Copper engraving from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, Plate IX by Maria Sibylla Merian • 1705

German entomologist, naturalist and scientific illustrator. She was one of the earliest European naturalists to document observations about insects directly.  – Wikipedia