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Monday, November 29, 2010

The Surreal Treehoppers


German artist Alfred Keller (1902-1955), who worked for Berlin's natural history museum, is well known for his insect sculptures. The picture above shows one of his creations, a model of the Brazilian treehopper Bocydium globulare.

The first thing you probably do on seeing a model like this is think, 'This can't be real!' and 'What are all these things on the torax?' What if I told you this is a real insect. One of the weirdest insects I have ever seen.

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