Parrot flower (Heliconia psittacorum) and leaves of sweet potato plant (Ipomoea batatus) with member of the mesquite reimagined

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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. Reimagined by Gibon. Classic art with a modern twist

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Photo credit: © Gibon Art / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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