It may not have been ladylike to depict a giant spider devouring a hummingbird, but when Merian did it at the turn of the 18th century, surprisingly, nobody objected.

描绘一只巨大的蜘蛛吞食一只蜂鸟可能不太符合淑女的形象，但令人惊讶的是，当梅里安在18世纪之交这样做的时候，没有人反对。