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Maria Sibylla Merian

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Watercolor of convolvulus flowers with a hawk moth, caterpillars, pupae and smaller insects on pale background.

Convolvulus and Metamorphosis of the Convolvulus Hawk Moth

c. 1670-90

Watercolor of a plum branch with blossoms, a striped caterpillar, pupa, cocoon, and a pink moth with eyespots above.

Metamorphosis of a Small Emperor Moth on a Damson Plum, plate 13 of the Caterpillar Book

1679

Watercolor of a pink-flowered branch with caterpillars, a purple butterfly, and red seeds in an open pod.

The Rocu Tree with Caterpillars, Moths, and Butterflies

Hand-colored print of caterpillars and two moths on a flowering branch with yellow and red blossoms and green leaves.

Caterpillars, Butterflies (Arsenura armida) and Flower (Pallisaden Boom: Erythrina fusca), Plate 11 from Metamorphosi…

1705

Watercolor of a striped tulip, two myrtle branches with white flowers, and two seashells on a pale background.

Tulip, Two Branches of Myrtle and Two Shells

1657

Watercolour of a pepper plant with red and orange peppers, a moth, a chrysalis, and a green caterpillar on a pale background.

Indian pepper with examples of a butterfly, chryslais and caterpillar

1701

Watercolor of a brown butterfly with eyespots beside two yellow flowers on a green stem.

Blue Morpho Butterfly on a Yellow Flower

1696

Watercolor drawing of a banded snake, a green lizard, and a pipefish arranged vertically on a pale background.

South American smallhead worm lizard, iguana or East Indian tree lizard and pipefish

1701

Hand-coloured drawing of a lappet moth's metamorphosis: orange adult moth, grey cocoon, pupa, and two bristly caterpillars.

Metamorphosis of the Lappet

1679

Botanical drawing of a plantain plant with a green caterpillar, a brown chrysalis on a leaf, and a brown moth.

Plantain with Metamorphosis of the Brigh-Line Brown-Eye

1679

Botanical drawing of a willow branch with red and black beetles, striped larvae, egg clusters and chewed leaves.

Willow leaves with poplar leaf beetle, eggs and larvae

1679

Watercolor of a curly dock plant with caterpillars, a chrysalis, and two moths around its stem and leaves.

Curly Dock with Metamorphoses of the Small Engrailed and the Blood-Vein

1683

Watercolor of an oak branch with acorns, a brown owlet moth, caterpillars and a pupa on a pale background.

Oak branch with owlet moth, caterpillars and pupa

1679