Scientific Illustration

A selection of plates from Maria Merian’s Metamorphosis insectorum surinamensium, 1705.

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Posted on August 25, 2012 via Linda Hall Library with 202 notes

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Butterflies and moths from larva to adult (published 1833-1841)

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Posted on May 30, 2012 via Atelier Entomologica with 110 notes

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Death’s Head Hawkmoth (Acherontia atropos) -larvae, pupa and faeces, August Johann Roesel von Rosenhof, 1774, copperplate with handcolouring. From “Der monatlich-herausgekommenen Insecten-Belustigungen Erste Sammlung” (Insect Amusements).

Tagged: Death death's head deaths head hawkmoth death's head hawkmoth moth colour bright engraving print entomology 18th century larva pupa larvae faeces Rosenhof biology natural history insect insects bug bugs caterpillar cocoon illustration

Posted on April 29, 2012 via Atelier Entomologica with 49 notes

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Large White Butterfly

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Posted on February 27, 2012 with 14 notes