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A Field Guide to Merian's Bugs and Other Creatures

April 2009

Maria Merian was an artist who spent her life studying and painting bugs and other creatures. Below is your field guide to the names of the critters we featured in the story "The Art of Science" from the April 2009 issue of Ask. 

 

Papilio nestor
Papilio nestor
Huntsman spider
Heteropoda venatoria,
the Huntsman Spider

White Witch moth
Thysania agrippina,
the White Witch caterpillar

army ant
Army Ant

Orchid bee

Eulaema dimidiata,
the Orchid Bee

caterpillar

Unidentified caterpillar

Papilio nestor moth
Papilio nestor

Harlequin beetle

Acrocinus longimanus,
the Harlequin Beetle

Flower Longhorn beetles

Flower Longhorn beetles

Emperor moth caterpillar

Emperor Moth caterpillar

Giant Jewel beetle

Euchroma gigantia,
the Giant Jewel Beetle

Leaf mantis

Choeradodis rhomboidea,
the Leaf Mantis


Blue iguana

Cyclura lewisi,
the Blue Iguana

tumble bug larvae

Tumble Bug larva


White-eared oppossum

Didelphys imperfecta,
the White-eared Opposum,
with children on her back


Ground beetle

Laemustenus complanatus,
the Ground Beetle


spiny oakworm

Unidentified caterpillar,
possibly Spiny Oakworm


Phalaena ocellata

Phalaena ocellata moth

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