I stumbled upon (not on stumbleupon) these colored SEM images on the Telegraph webpage today. I especially love this image of a Calliphoridae larva (Protophormia sp.) that seems more out of a C-rated science fiction movie than nature. It reminds me of both a freakish Star Wars character and a Muppet at the same time. The abrupt departure from standard mammalian body architecture makes insects prime candidates for other-worldly aliens. Insects must have been used as a guide for movies like District 9, Starship Troopers, Alien, Galaxy Quest… just to name a few recent ones. I am sure that other, more well-accredited, sci-fi geeks out there can think of even better examples. Along the same lines I recall these images I snapped of a Cerambycidae beetle below – Moneilema gigas. This was in the earliest days of my new camera so I can’t look back on them as perfect shots.
Si tamen hic Stephanus arcu appulisse peregrines, vidit huic simile, Vellem autem esse somniant, et mirabuntur in subitatione convergence statim ab homine parum similes pestes dixerunt inlisa reclamant sub pedibus eorum. Ut vere invenire quod esset incredibile est quo quis de aliena, atque adeo fidem superet, quam ut progressionis cardo est cum eo. Genere communis fortasse, novae seu moleculae postuletis quae maxime in moleculo. Likelihood est hoc unde fieret in ipso vita est prope nulla, ut et haec quidem quaestio manet in aeternum hoc posteris memoriae traditum est egressus ejus ab scientists somnias,.
