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This volume documents the local flora and fauna of Dutch Surinam, specifically caterpillars, with descriptions of the each species and its habitat

text describing internal and reproductive anatomy of insects as well as the notion of metamorphosis

This text chronicles observations of insects and various plants through the micropscope.

6 volume collection which outlines information regarding all known insects except beetles

This volume is the first systematic classification of insect species. It was published after John Ray's death.

A manuscript which outlines all aspects of life, to inlcude the natural history of New Spain with the help of native artisans

Illustrated essay on the nature, cultivation, and benefits of the cochineal insect

A volume devoted to insects and other invertebrates

5 volume encyclopedia that is the first modern attempt to describe all animals known in the Rennaissance

Although not discovered until about the 1800s, Servetus builds on but argues against Dioscoride's Materia Medica. Servetus discusses his own medicinal recipes.