Spiders with their eggs, 1705. Creator: Pieter Sluyter.

Spiders with their eggs, 1705. Creator: Pieter Sluyter.

3-057-699 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Spiders with their eggs, 1705. Two spider's webs and a branch are crowded with ants, spiders, and their eggs. A tarantula is devouring a dead bird, another is laying eggs in a nest. Ants attack a cockroach while others form a chain. Page/Folio No: 74, Plate18 from "Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium...." by Sybilla Merian. (Amsterdam, 1705].


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Creator
  1. Pieter Sluyter, attributed to: Dutch: Artist, engraver
People Related
  1. Sybilla Merian: German: Artist, natural historian

Category Hierarchy

Science & Nature Animal Life

Science & Nature Plant Life


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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3725x4689
File Size : 51,172kb


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  1. Shelfmark ID: 649.c.26
  1. 1280001402
  1. 3-057-699
  1. 3057699

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