Hi everyone, it's been a while again. Oh boy we've been busy. I bet you were too! We're back though with a new episode, this time a German/Swiss naturalist, entomologist (one of the first) and botanical illustrator. Because of her we now know that insects don't just spontaneously emerge from poop. She also...you won't believe it, is responsible for coining the name (we think) Vogelspinne, which means tarantula in German! She was a world traveler and appeared to be good hearted, always acknowledging the people she talked to and who helped her out with her discoveries, no matter their rank.

References

https://www.botanicalartandartists.com/about-maria-sibylla-merian.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/23/science/maria-sibylla-merian-metamorphosis-insectorum-surinamensium.html

https://nmwa.org/art/artists/maria-sibylla-merian/

https://nmwa.org/art/collection/plate-47-dissertation-insect-generations-and-metamorphosis-surinam/

https://nybooks.com/articles/2014/03/06/darwin-einstein-case-for-blunders/

https://www.sierracollege.edu/ejournals/jscnhm/v6n1/merian.html

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/maria-sibylla-merian-metamorphosis-art-and-science.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/01/the-woman-who-made-science-beautiful/424620/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Sibylla_Merian