The Bug Girl: Maria Merian's Scientific Vision Latin American History Arrington Carter

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The Bug Girl: Maria Merian's Scientific Vision Latin American History Arrington CarterMaria Sibylla Merian was fascinated with insects. But when Maria was a girl in the mid 1600s, superstitions about bugs prevented most people from taking a close look. People thought bugs were eviland anyone interested in such creatures was surely evil too. That didn't stop Maria. Filled with curiosity, she began to study and paint them. She even witnessed silkworms form cocoons and transform into mothsdiscovering metamorphosis! Painting and drawing as