During hurricane season, as floodwater flows into their nest, red fire ants build a terrifying raft – out of their own interlocking bodies. If you wade into this ant raft nightmare, you’ll likely get a vicious bite and sting.
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Portraits of insects from the collections of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
Microsculpture is a unique photographic study of insects in mind-blowing magnification that celebrates the wonders of nature and science.
There’s also a book.
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Geometric Stream Symphony
Water striders, Charley Harper, 1960
Love the shapes and shadows, and how a complex drawing can be created from such simple forms.
Reminds me a bit of these snow patterns.