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Posts tagged insects

Jul 13

scientificillustration:

Chafer beetle poster_1 by wuanzinger on Flickr.

Feb 29

mattiefortune:

beetles dressed as jurassic park characters.

(via stahl-ebooks)

May 22

staceythinx:

More fantastic work by Scott Marr

Jun 6

yamithhead:

the insect.

(via scientificillustration)

Jun 30

theanimalblog:

(via 50 best photos from The Natural World)

(via theanimalblog)

Oct 29

nestofvellum:

I found this caterpillar for a peer’s insect collection. Knowing that he would ultimately meet his death, we decided to throw him a birthday party.

(via muffinpines)

Dec 11

Aganetha Dyck is an artist who places sculptures in apiary hives, allowing the bees to create honeycomb to encrust the objects.

(via muffinpines)

Dec 13

malformalady:

Metallic Mechanitis butterfly chrysalis

(via abhorticulture)

Jan 8

staceythinx:

Insects always look better when bejeweled. These particularly glammed up ones were captured by Ondrej Pakan.

Jan 10

amnhnyc:

Behind the scenes, a staff member assembles a giant millipede model, 1957.

(You can see it today in the Hall of North American Forests!)

Update: the millipede was constructed out of plaster and papier-maché covered with shoe polish.

© AMNH Library/#325009

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