Phantom pollinators from a parallel universe of erotic light disappear into the heat of the sun. • Honey bee | Apis mellifera
Tag: entomology
Silent Straightjacket
No defenses against her tricks, she leads the quietest of lives, enchanting you with her silent straightjacket. • Chinese mantis | Tenodera aridifolia sinensis
Summer Lust
Damselflies pulse with the wild frequency of summer lust, tangled up in a humid breeze, their mating a river-mad embrace. • Ebony Jewelwing damselfly | Calopteryx maculata
Visit to a Small World
Making each breeze swing, a visit to the small world of pollination, inhaling the fiery scent of sunlight. • Honey bee | Apis mellifera
A Twisting Tangle
Tiny hunters break the silk bonds tethering them to the past, their birth a twisting tangle of legs and hunger. • Chinese Praying Mantis | Tenodera aridifolia sinensis
Homeschooled Secrets
A mantis nymph maps traces of evaporated dew, homeschooled in the garden’s secrets as she ties up the last bits of morning. • Chinese Praying Mantis | Tenodera aridifolia sinensis
Cobwebs Shiver
Cobwebs shiver with her tiniest move, a mantis nymph rules an underworld ready for a brutal reckoning, the next instar a far-off dream. • Praying mantis | Tenodera aridifolia sinensis