Our records tell us about the death’s head, the butterfly and the grasshopper: The death’s head, from whose nostrils and eye sockets three roses sprout, signifying that the decomposition of one body promotes the generation and growth of the other. The butterfly and the grasshopper each have their own special meaning, but both testify to the diversity, splendour and richness of the creatures in terms of form, movement and strength.
Translated quote from Die St. Andreas-Grade by F. Possart (1877/8).
Feddersen (Die Arbeitstafel in der Freimaurerei Band I (1982) SO/18) from around 1860