shethoughtit: Maria Sybilla Merian, born in 1647, was a German naturalist and scientifici illustrato
shethoughtit:Maria Sybilla Merian, born in 1647, was a German naturalist and scientifici illustrator known for documenting and observing insects, which in her time was unusual. Due to this fact, little was known about the metamorphosis of these animals and it was believed that they were born of mud. Even though some scholars were aware about the metamorphosis process, the majority of society didn’t understand it. Merian described the cycle of life of 186 insect species. She was also one of the first scientist to observe insects directly. She died on 13 January 1717, 12 years after publishing her most famous work Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium. -- source link
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