Across
- 6. What it took to leave Europe for science in the 1600s.
- 7. The insect stage where transformation happens inside a chrysalis.
- 8. The adult stage in the insect life cycle Maria loved to paint.
- 9. Another word for the cocoon-like stage of a butterfly.
- 11. Maria used this skill to document what she saw.
- 12. Often shown next to insects in Maria’s paintings.
- 15. What Maria did very carefully with nature.
Down
- 1. Maria traveled with her ___ to Suriname.
- 2. Maria's favorite kind of creature to observe and draw.
- 3. Maria's home country.
- 4. The transformation process from caterpillar to butterfly.
- 5. Someone who studies nature—Maria was one.
- 10. The tropical country Maria explored to study insects.
- 13. The stage after egg and before pupa in insect life.
- 14. The full pattern of growth from egg to adult.