Constant Bloom, bridging science and art, nature and human societies, is being displayed in New York and Taiwan, and is scheduled in other top art museums.

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Check also the beautiful book www.setantabooks.com/products/con...

We never imagined our scientific articles would be displayed in an art museum!

Thanks so much, Lucas, for the joint experiences in Kenya, following the migrating butterflies, and in The Hague, admiring the outcome of your work!

I shared this experience with friends Gerard Talavera and Aurora García-Berro @phylomigrationlab.bsky.social
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www.fotomuseumdenhaag.nl/en/exhibitio...

Here is a link to freely access the publication authors.elsevier.com/a/1karS3QW8S...

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The disguise is completed by chemical mimicry: the surface chemical hydrocarbons are identical to those of the termites. See the discovery and analyses published in @CurrentBiology Blow fly larvae socially integrate termite nests through morphological and chemical mimicry

The false eyes are the spiracles through which it breathes. The body is surrounded by “tentacles” that imitate the termite antennas, so that it can communicate with multiple termites simultaneously.