Author Archives: swarm
Anton Fell, Microscopic Milliner
On Saturday June 11, 2011, about 50 artists swarmed the public streets of San Francisco, hawking their wares carried in carts, in baskets, or on their backs. Some sold real items, others bartered or even exchanged intangible goods, like stories. … Continue reading
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Tagged Aimee Baldwin, Allison Smith, antennae, Argentine Ant, Bed Bug, Cries of San Francisco, earwig, grasshopper, John Daniel, Kissing Bug, locust, Southern Exposure, Tick
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Will the FDA-Approved Chapuline Please Stand Up?
So apparently the SF Health Department has prohibited a local San Francisco restaurant from selling chapulines (Mexican grasshoppers) to the public, because the source was not FDA approved. This isn’t the bad news. I had no idea that I could … Continue reading
The swarming paper of Kristi Malakoff
Swarms, whether fish, foul, or flies, are a constant source of wonder and fascination for humans, as well as a frustration. We lack lateral lines or instinctive reactions, and so our attempts to swarm usually result in chaotic crowds and … Continue reading
Catherine Jeffery Jones
Random search of comics blog turned up this image from fantasy artist Catherine Jeffery Jones, who passed away last week. It’s not every day you see a ‘Frazetta’ girl ride a tabanid horse fly! Catherine Jeffery Jones was a transgendered … Continue reading
Geekiest Site Ever
When an evolutionary developmental biology professor/scienceblogger of PZ Myers‘ status calls your site “The geekiest website ever“, you know you’ve made something special. Or at least really really really geeky! I’m riding a super sci-nerd high today!
We have met the locusts
Directly challenging the romantic notion of humanity’s ideal union with the natural world, Kate MacDowell‘s haunting and intricate porcelain sculptures are each one worthy as a symbol of our combined dependance and destruction of the world we inhabit. Her portfolio … Continue reading
Katherine McDowell Patterson
Plenty of butterflies and spiderwebs (and vertebrates, if that’s your thing) by Katherine McDowell Patterson
Time considered as a helix of semi-precious enzymes
Loom is a fantastic animation about a moment that occurs in the fractions of seconds, when a spider attacks a moth. It’s beautiful, dramatic, and poetic. That may seem like jarring adjectives for what looks like an evil horrid spider … Continue reading
Support your local Cicada Princess!
A truly multi-talented and endlessly creative local film maker, Mauricio Baiocchi, is also a good friend of mine. He’s been hard at work on a labor of serious insect love. It’s called Cicada Princess, a film about the life cycles … Continue reading
Diplopod Zen
Making insect antennae all day for an upcoming show.. here is a moment of zen I found while hunting for images of millipede antennae. Seriously, is there nothing more relaxing than watching one of those guys? Relax, slow down, chew … Continue reading
