Title
Parrot flower, Heliconia psittacorum, and leaves of sweet potato plant, Ipomoea batatus, with member of the mesquite bug
Caption
Parrot flower (Heliconia psittacorum) and leaves of sweet potato plant (Ipomoea batatus) with member of the mesquite bug (Pachylis pharanois) and larvae of an unidentified species of Eucleidae, 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 (with white wings, in flight): Diaphania hyalinata. Pyralidae. Moth (with brown and yellow wings, on leaf at foot): Diaphania nitidalis. Pyralidae
Info+
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Date
1719
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT19B30_097
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
License type
Rights managed
Available size
82,7Mb (3,6Mb) / 14,5in x 22,1in / 4349 x 6643 (300dpi)