Curious Flux Blog

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[atlanticflyway]

A mustached mining bee (Andrena sp.)

[nevver]

What we’re reading, Walter Scott

[ymutate]

Amelia Peláez (Cuba, 1896-1968)

"Marpacífico (Hibiscus)" 1936

Pérez Art Museum Miami, Florida, USA

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Rita Moreno

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[gothredy]

Our Lady of the Blind Faith — Emil Melmoth, 2022

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[spitfaggot]

happy birthday, gilbert baker. (june 2, 1951 — march 31, 2017)

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HAJIME SORAYAMA

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[luxsit]

Study of a Male Nude

Edward Francis Burney

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Chris Reccardi

[platycryptus]

A giant ichneumon wasp (Megarhyssa macrurus) uses her extremely long ovipositor to drill into a dead maple tree. Megarhyssa includes species with the longest ovipositors of any insect (up to 11 cm in M. macrurus and up to 14 cm in its cousin M. atrata), which also technically gives them the longest total length of any hymenopteran insect. The ovipositor is used to pierce deep into dead or dying trees to lay eggs on the larvae of a large wood-boring sawfly (Tremex columba).

Her ovipositor acts not only as a drill but as a sensory organ, and is highly sensitive to vibrations in the wood made by the sawfly larvae. Note how the translucent membranes of her abdomen stretch as she applies pressure by curling the base of the ovipositor, then retract when she withdraws to search for a different spot.

(Massachusetts, July 2025)

[the-catacombs]

Young Man on the Sofa in a Moment of Relaxation

Art by George Thomas Georgiadis

[diana-andraste]

Decretum Gratiani with the commentary of Bartolomeo da Brescia, Italy 1340-1345

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Luncheon Table - John Koch, 1959.

American , 1909-1978

Oil on canvas

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Dachshund