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Christa took this photo of a poor moth stuck in some rhubarb syrup residue on the bottom of an insect-themed  glass she gifted me some years ago. A amazing image. Hunger, death, and spirit -a sad, poetic little scene.

AY

insect libris, insect cabinets

Below is one of some lovely paintings of butterflies and beetles on tattered book covers by Rose Sanderson, via Flavorpill.

And speaking of beetles and butterflies, here is a nice, recent NPR piece - The Butterflies And Beetles Behind Evolution - on one of Alfred Russel Wallace's insect cabinets found - intact, insects and all - in an antique shop in Virginia some 30 years ago.

In both cases we see the potency of remnants and staying power, physically and figuratively, of insects collected, be it with paint or pin.

AY

Aquatic insects in Mongolia!

Swarming Mongolia from thescientistllc on Vimeo.

AY

30 wasps destroy 30,000 strong bee colony

the 30 wasps work together to take down this larger colony.

-jay

LAST CHRISTMAS

this last christmas I was given a specimen that made my in class collection blush with jealousy. it was from the bone room in berkeley, california. it is a malaysian jungle nymph.
here's a picture of one still kicking and not pinned under glass:



happy holidays
-krystal