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Atlas Moth The moth's Cantonese name translates to “snake's head moth,” not only because the tips of its wings look similar to a snake's head, but also because of its survival technique when threatened: it drops to the ground and manipulates it wings, imitating snake head and neck movements to scare away predators.

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entomologists are the most fucking wild people ive ever met

i pointed out a cool wasp to one and she just picked it up with her bare hands and started showing me different features she was using to identify the species

on a walk with another one he just paused, turned, violently shoved his hand into some rotting wood and offered me a tunnel web spider like oh okay i guess-

#yes

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a couple shots of the full exhibit, the projection was a process video of the hanging xerces piece being burned

#the gallery floor caves in which is causing that off balance look #entomology #my art #butterfly #xerces blue

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a floor installation that went with the previous butterfly sculptures. inspired by urban development that disrupted californian sand dunes and caused the xerces blue’s extinction. the frame in the middle is a small copy of a floor plan that would have been built in the area.

the more people moved around in the space, the more the installation changed.

#my art #entomology #bugs #butterfly #xerces blue

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had a little solo pop-up exhibit last week, this is a piece made from xerces butterfly sculptures that were burned for various times

#my art #entomology #butterfly #xerces blue

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the assembled piece that came from some acrylic sheets I posted a while back. a xerces blue is printed on the middle sheet so it can be viewed through the gaps in the front and back sheets.

#my art #butterfly #entomology #architecture #xerces blue

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details from butterfly wing sculptures for an installation piece

#my art #entomology #butterfly

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acrylic sheets from a series im putting together on the xerces blue extinction. the architectural plans are ones from the San Francisco Bay Area that were developed around the time the species was going extinct from urban development.

#entomology #my art #butterfly

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xerces is live (again) and the first part of my extinct species series. you can buy it here!

#my art #some of the phone cases are fixed now but it looks better as clothing #cyber #webcore #y2k #entomology #entomologist #lepidopteran #lepidopterology #butterfly #butterflies #xerces #xerces blue #grunge #edgy #aesthetic #clothes #redbubble #graphic design #extinction

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forgot to post it but after 3 months of work, she was finished earlier this week. final measurement was about 8’ x 5’ not including the wing tails.

her wings on top are a bilateral gynandromorph of Actias parasinensis (right side female, left side male) and the shell portion was inspired by giant isopods

#my art #moth #moths #entomology

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her connecting joints are gold now

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more finished glass pieces

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painting glass to stick on the giant metal bug cage

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framework for a piece 3 months in the making

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Edvard Munch, Undated watercolor sketch 

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