I wasn't going to post anything today...I wasn't really feeling it. It's rainy, I'm sorting through all of the shit I've accumulated in anticipation of my upcoming move to the West Coast, and...bluuuuurgh. I was awakened from my torpor by Neatorama's post about Hubert Duprat today. Duprat is a French naturalist with a definite eye for the "Floss and Gloss". He recently "colalborated" with a group of caddis fly larvae. He took the larvae, gently removed their natural casing, then put them in an aquarium with a variety of gold and precious materials. The insects are remarkably adaptive, and will build new shells out of whatever materials are at hand.
You can read about the collaboration in Cabinet magazine, and you can even check out a video of the insects at work. I feel much better now, thank you.
