Life cycle of a fly
Date
1669
Creator
Jan Swammerdam (1637 - 1680, Dutch) , Biologist
Creator - Organisation
Meinardus van Dreunen, Publisher
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (plate): 277mm
width (plate): 178mm
width (plate): 178mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Entomological study of the life cycle of a fly. 13 figures showing the stages of metamorphosis from egg (figure I-II), to larvae (figure III-V), to pupa (figure V), to adult fly (figure VI).
Inscribed ‘TAB XI QUARTUS ORDO. Nympha vermiforms. Wurm gelyk popken.’
Plate 11 from Historia insectorum generalis by Jan Swammerdam published by Meinardus van Dreunen (Utrecht, 1669).
Jan Swammerdam (1637-1680) was a Dutch biologist and microscopist. He continued Robert Hooke’s observations of insects in more systematic research which employed a single lens microscope. From the late 1660s, he dissected and studied the development of these creatures, noting their internal organs and methods of reproduction – he concluded that insects were not the product of spontaneous generation.
Inscribed ‘TAB XI QUARTUS ORDO. Nympha vermiforms. Wurm gelyk popken.’
Plate 11 from Historia insectorum generalis by Jan Swammerdam published by Meinardus van Dreunen (Utrecht, 1669).
Jan Swammerdam (1637-1680) was a Dutch biologist and microscopist. He continued Robert Hooke’s observations of insects in more systematic research which employed a single lens microscope. From the late 1660s, he dissected and studied the development of these creatures, noting their internal organs and methods of reproduction – he concluded that insects were not the product of spontaneous generation.
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