vogelspin tarantula orchidee, kleuren lithografie, Brehm, 1892 bis

Mooie lithografie van vogelspin en orchidee

uit: Brehms Tierleben, 3e druk

Subject: Plate: 'Vogelspinne (Tarantula).' This plates shows big Tarantula eating a prey, bird, butterfly and orchid. Tarantulas comprise a group of hairy and often very large arachnids belonging mainly to the family Theraphosidae, of which approximately 900 species have been identified. Historically tarantulas were the bigger genera from the family Lycosidae. The colonists of the Americas gave the name to the bigger spiders of the tropic-dwelling families Theraphosidae and Dipluridae, and that usage has now supplanted the earlier European one.

Medium: Original colour chromo-lithographs on a vellin paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 17 x 25 cm. The image size is ca. 13.5 x 21.1 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 6.8 x 9.9 inch. The image size is ca. 5.3 x 8.7 inch.