Title
Musaceae plant, Heliconia acuminata, with metamorphosis of southern armyworm, Spodoptera eridania, unidentified moth
Caption
Musaceae plant (Heliconia acuminata) with metamorphosis of southern armyworm (Spodoptera eridania), unidentified moth, and flying wasp, Maria Sybilla Meriaen Over de voortteeling en wonderbaerlyke veranderingen der Surinaemsche insecten, Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717, Mulder, Joseph, b. 1659 or 60, Transfer engraving, hand-colored, 1719, From Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium (Insects of Suriname), Dutch edition. Moth (above, on red bract): unidentified species of Pyraustinae; Wasp (flying): unidentified species. Vespidae
Info+
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Date
1719
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT19B30_063
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
License type
Rights managed
Available size
48,5Mb (2,7Mb) / 10,8in x 17,5in / 3232 x 5240 (300dpi)