Mucuna with insects in different life stages


Hand-coloured engraving based on Maria Sibylla Merian watercolour. From Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, 1726 edition.


Size: 4307px × 5828px
Photo credit: © Natural History Museum, London / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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