Extremely detailed artwork showing underside view of a spider, partially dissected to reveal many round eggs, laminar booklungs, silk glands, and more.

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   rsp (rspfau@ecoevo.social)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Mar-2025 11:28:46 JST rsp

   I ran across this fantastic scientific illustration on Wikimedia: dissection of the European garden spider Araneus diadematus (=Epeira diadema), circa 1902.

   The artist, Paul Pfurtscheller (1855-1927), taught biology classes until his retirement in 1911. His artwork was done in the form of wall charts to support his teaching lessons.
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Pfurtscheller

   #NaturalHistory #Nature #Spiders