Plate 18 from Dissertation in Insect Generations and Metamorphosis in Surinam
Close up of Plate 18 from Dissertation in Insect Generations and Metamorphosis in Surinam
![A detailed engraving portrays fearsome tarantulas arrayed on a tree limb swarming with small spiders and large ants. It bears a single bulbous yellow fruit. One tarantula feasts on a hummingbird, while another tends an egg sac. A third hunts in webs spun amid upper branches.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/1986.219.18.jpg)
![A detailed engraving portrays fearsome tarantulas arrayed on a tree limb swarming with small spiders and large ants. It bears a single bulbous yellow fruit. One tarantula feasts on a hummingbird, while another tends an egg sac. A third hunts in webs spun amid upper branches.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/1986.219.18.jpg)
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