A Close-up View of Insects by David Chambon
via amolife.com
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The Eagleman Stag and Deepstaria enigmatica {a cnidarian}
"If you repeat the word 'fly' for long enough it sounds like you're saying 'life'. This is of no help to Peter. His answers lie in the brain of a beetle."
"The Eagleman Stag is the 2011 BAFTA award winning Royal College of Art thesis film of director / writer MIKEY PLEASE. It's mostly made out of some strange white stuff, found in the back of a stress cushion. Mikey worked with his brother BENEDICT PLEASE who composed the soundtrack and score, as well as the vocal talents of cult actor DAVID CANN who lends his voice here to Peter Eagleman."
The Largest Moths in the World ~ Attacus atlas
Meet the world's largest moth, known as Attacus or Atlas, with its astonishing 25cm or one foot wingspan
Photos Of Insects by Ilya Lutsker
"Ilya Lutsker is an optician who is now busy with development of a system of optical inspection. That is why his photos of insects are worth seeing."
Diamond Weevil’s Rainbow Really Is Diamond
"Like a gem-studded overcoat, the diamond weevil’s jet-black wings are covered by pits filled with sparkling, rainbow-colored scales.
Researchers have studied these “diamonds” since the weevil’s discovery in the early 19th century but, until recently, no one knew know how the scales reflected so much light."
via wired.com
Before Mothra ~Tophats and Mandibles
Terrible Attack by a Larva of the Puss-Moth at Covent Garden.”
"The Strand Magazine ran an alarming feature in 1910: “If Insects Were Bigger.” The editors inserted photographs of ordinary English insects into contemporary Edwardian street scenes, with pretty terrifying results. “What a terrible calamity, what a stupefying circumstance, if mosquitoes were the size of camels, and a herd of wild slugs the size of elephants invaded our gardens and had to be shot with rifles!”"
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