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Framed Butterflies at West Main Home – Half Moon Bay, CA

October 26, 2016

If you visit Half Moon Bay, CA, a beautiful coastal gem just 30 miles south of San Francisco, be sure to check out the home goods store West Main Half Moon Bay. They sell really high quality home goods that are sourced mainly from the United States. The owner and interior designer, Samantha Renda, has […]

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Bugs In Your House

October 19, 2016

When you are sitting in solitude at night, watching a scary movie or creepy TV show, any noise out of the ordinary may cause you to jump in fright at the prospect of someone intruding upon your home. Don’t worry, you’re not actually alone: you’re sharing your residence with over 100 species of bugs. Unlike […]

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Dung Beetles Use the Stars for Navigation

October 6, 2016

Dung beetles are dancing on top of piles of dung, staring at the night sky. Why? Their dance is actually thought to be a method of taking a mental snapshot of the sky to store in their brains. The beetles use their memories of the night sky to navigate and to travel in a straight […]

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New Framed Carpenter Bee Display

September 30, 2016

There are about 500 species of Carpenter Bees (Xylocopa species) in the world and often nest in wood, where they chew large holes for their babies. Carpenter bees are generalists and will take nectar and pollen from most flowering plants. Because they are so large, they carry large amounts of pollen and are considered great […]

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Beetle Wings Converted into New Biodegradable Material

September 16, 2016

Conventional plastic is used basically everywhere that humans exist, but it’s extremely damaging to our environment. It is particularly harmful because it is not biodegradable, meaning that animals cannot break it down, so it stays in our environment and often becomes plastic dust and can end up in our oceans. Aagje Hoekstra, a Dutch […]

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How high can insects fly?

August 20, 2016

While the highest altitude a bird has been recorded flying is 11,278 meters (37,000 feet), some insects have also been seen flying at surprisingly high altitudes. Some flies and butterflies have been seen flying at 6,000 meters (19,685 feet). Life at high altitude is a challenge, so there is an overall reduction in the diversity […]

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NEW Framed Giant Water Bug

August 6, 2016

These insects are fierce predators that stalk, capture and feed on aquatic crustaceans, fish and amphibians. Also known as toe-biters, electric-light bugs and Alligator Ticks (in Florida), they are considered to have one of the most painful bites in the insect world. (is is not included on the Schmidt Pain Index because this is a […]

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Why we fear Spiders

July 23, 2016

Is society’s fear of spiders rational? Our popular belief is that spiders are dangerous; studies show that there are many misconceptions about spiders, such as how 72 percent of elementary school-aged children in a study wrongly believed that a tarantula bite could be fatal. Spiders also cause anxiety to many, even though only a small […]

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Antique French Paper Collection

May 25, 2016

I acquired a collection of vintage French handwritten documents from an antique store in San Francisco and created some one of a kind shadowbox displays featuring these documents with a Blue Morpho butterfly. The dates on these handwritten papers range from late 1700’s to mid-1800’s and are in pristine condition. Each display is professionally framed […]

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Schmidt Sting Pain Index

April 8, 2016

One entomologist, Justin O. Schmidt, created a scale to rate the pain caused by the stings of different insects. The scale is based on his own observations, as he recorded the stings of 78 species, and has been stung by over 150 different species. Schmidt did not purposely get insects to sting him just to […]

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Beetle Riding Bike – Original Piece

March 30, 2016

I listed one original piece of a beetle riding a bike (with baseball glove). You will receive the pictured piece. Framed in a 9×9 frame with UV blocking glass. This framed insect available on ETSY only as I only have one. I also have a selection of other insect dioramas here. A collection of past […]

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Government Red Tape Project for National Archives

March 7, 2016

The National Archives in Washington contacted me in October looking for an artist to create gifts made out of official Government Red Tape. What is Government Red Tape? it is an idiom that refers to excessive regulation or rigid conformity to formal rules. I was aware of the term – but never knew it was […]

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A Primer on Bed Bugs

February 24, 2016

Dermatologists call the bite of the Bed Bug “breakfast, lunch, and dinner,” for the common three bites they have been known to leave as they move from place to place. Bed bugs, known scientifically as Cimex lectularius, have long been known around the world for feeding on human blood during the night. A bed bugs […]

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The Mites on your face

February 11, 2016

Mites, invisible to the naked eye, are eight-legged arthropods closely related to ticks and spiders. Almost all humans actually host these creatures on their faces. There are two species that make the human face their home: Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis. The former spends its time in pores and hair follicles, while the latter settles […]

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Are crickets a sustainable food source?

November 11, 2015

Our global population is rising rapidly; by 2050 there will be 9 billion people living on earth. With the rise in population comes worries about the sustainability of food production. Livestock consume valuable greenhouse gases and require large amounts of water to raise, meaning that they have a very large ecological footprint. This leaves us […]

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