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Tessa Farmer’s Installations of Sinister Fairy Skeletons (PHOTOS) – Huffington Post
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Insect corpses, taxidermy, tree root and superglue are the primary components of London-based artist Tessa Farmer’s intricate sculptural installations. Known as an “enchanted entomologist” who considers her work to be a representation of both science and art, Farmer creates scenes of darkly gothic fairy skeletons made from insect remains she finds on the roads near her home.
But her fairies hardly resemble the Disney-friendly characters you might be used to you. Farmer’s fantasy world is comprised of nightmarish beings striving for survival, savagely hunting large prey in acts of Darwinian violence. Although the delicately constructed bodies of the fairies stand at less than 1cm tall, they are infused with savage power and force as they brutally overpower animals more than ten times their size. In Farmer’s “Nymphidia” show last year at Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art in London, the miniscule humanoids were constructed into an epic battle set inside a hornet’s nest. The fairies had seemingly taken over the nest, riding atop their soldier ants and fighting off the defending hornets.
Farmer’s love of both science and art took her to the Natural History Museum in 2007, where she participated in a contemporary arts program meant to bridge communication between the two disciplines. There she studied the behavior of insects with a team of scientists and created an installation called Little Savages that was shown in the museum’s central hall.
And her present pursuits in the fairy world are approached from this very scientific platform. Her warfaring creatures are meant to transcend the myth of fantasia by presenting scientific “evidence” of a more sinister and dark realm of fantasy. She presents the installations as if they were museum displays portraying the behavioral habits of an ancient species. And each scene that she creates provides the viewers as well as herself with more knowledge into this mysterious and evolving world.
You can see more of Tessa Farmer’s work at an upcoming exhibit at Tatton Park Biennial in Cheshire, England. Her installation, entitled “Flights of Fancy,” will be on exhibit from May 12th until September 30th, 2012.
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You’re not imagining it — There are plenty of wasps around – Chicago Tribune
If you sense more wasps buzzing around your head, your patio and elsewhere outside your home this spring, you would be correct.
Exterminators and entomologists say record high temperatures late last month brought the creatures out in force after a winter that lacked the kinds of below-freezing temperatures to reduce the number of overwintering adults.
Dan Nyssen, owner of Valley Pest Control, said he was inundated with 100 calls for help immediately after the hot spell. And the calls are still coming.
“I’ve been doing this for 15 years. A lot of times, the wasps go in cycles. This is definitely one of those cycles,” he said in a brief interview in between stops.
While exterminators are busy, a local U.S. Department of Agriculture researcher is testing new chemical attractants to trap wasps.
Mike Bush, a Washington State University extension entomologist and tree-fruit agent, said he also has gotten calls.
His advice: Unless the wasp nests are in high-traffic areas that pose a stinging risk, homeowners should put up with the population. They are beneficial insects, especially if you are a home gardener.
“A lot of people call and are really worried about this,” according to Bush. “I try to tell people that yellow jackets and wasps are beneficial insects. They feed on other insects.”
Among their prey are caterpillars that feed on plants.
Bush and USDA researcher Peter Landolt, assigned to the Parker Heights Agricultural Research Service laboratory, say the majority of the wasps are paper wasps, a relatively new species in this area. The species is so called because adult females chew woody debris to create the one-layer nests in which eggs are laid.
Paper wasps resemble yellow jackets, but have a narrower waistline and longer legs. Another difference is that yellow jackets form a round-shaped, multi-layered nest with an opening at the bottom.
Unlike paper wasps that are more docile, yellow jackets can be aggressive.
“I tell people if you are dealing with yellow jackets, you don’t want to,” said Bush. “They will defend their hives and team up against you.”
All the wasps out now are females, Bush said, working to create nests for the queen to lay her eggs. Workers forage for food to feed the cream-colored grubs as they develop.
Males will emerge later in the summer to mate with the queen before she overwinters to start the process all over.
Landolt has used the opportunity of a larger wasp population to set out lures to test new chemical compounds that mimic food sources to attract wasps to traps.
A goal of the research center is to develop alternatives to pesticides.
Landolt said the larger population this year is a great chance to test the new compounds.
“At this time of year when they have no offspring, the wasps only have to worry about their own nutrition,” Landolt said.
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Tessa Farmer’s Installations of Sinister Fairy Skeletons (PHOTOS) – Huffington Post
Insect corpses, taxidermy, tree root and superglue are the primary components of London-based artist Tessa Farmer’s intricate sculptural installations. Known as an “enchanted entomologist” who considers her work to be a representation of both science and art, Farmer creates scenes of darkly gothic fairy skeletons made from insect remains she finds on the roads near her home.
But her fairies hardly resemble the Disney-friendly characters you might be used to you. Farmer’s fantasy world is comprised of nightmarish beings striving for survival, savagely hunting large prey in acts of Darwinian violence. Although the delicately constructed bodies of the fairies stand at less than 1cm tall, they are infused with savage power and force as they brutally overpower animals more than ten times their size. In Farmer’s “Nymphidia” show last year at Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art in London, the miniscule humanoids were constructed into an epic battle set inside a hornet’s nest. The fairies had seemingly taken over the nest, riding atop their soldier ants and fighting off the defending hornets.
Farmer’s love of both science and art took her to the Natural History Museum in 2007, where she participated in a contemporary arts program meant to bridge communication between the two disciplines. There she studied the behavior of insects with a team of scientists and created an installation called Little Savages that was shown in the museum’s central hall.
And her present pursuits in the fairy world are approached from this very scientific platform. Her warfaring creatures are meant to transcend the myth of fantasia by presenting scientific “evidence” of a more sinister and dark realm of fantasy. She presents the installations as if they were museum displays portraying the behavioral habits of an ancient species. And each scene that she creates provides the viewers as well as herself with more knowledge into this mysterious and evolving world.
You can see more of Tessa Farmer’s work at an upcoming exhibit at Tatton Park Biennial in Cheshire, England. Her installation, entitled “Flights of Fancy,” will be on exhibit from May 12th until September 30th, 2012.
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You’re not imagining it — There are plenty of wasps around – Chicago Tribune
If you sense more wasps buzzing around your head, your patio and elsewhere outside your home this spring, you would be correct.
Exterminators and entomologists say record high temperatures late last month brought the creatures out in force after a winter that lacked the kinds of below-freezing temperatures to reduce the number of overwintering adults.
Dan Nyssen, owner of Valley Pest Control, said he was inundated with 100 calls for help immediately after the hot spell. And the calls are still coming.
“I’ve been doing this for 15 years. A lot of times, the wasps go in cycles. This is definitely one of those cycles,” he said in a brief interview in between stops.
While exterminators are busy, a local U.S. Department of Agriculture researcher is testing new chemical attractants to trap wasps.
Mike Bush, a Washington State University extension entomologist and tree-fruit agent, said he also has gotten calls.
His advice: Unless the wasp nests are in high-traffic areas that pose a stinging risk, homeowners should put up with the population. They are beneficial insects, especially if you are a home gardener.
“A lot of people call and are really worried about this,” according to Bush. “I try to tell people that yellow jackets and wasps are beneficial insects. They feed on other insects.”
Among their prey are caterpillars that feed on plants.
Bush and USDA researcher Peter Landolt, assigned to the Parker Heights Agricultural Research Service laboratory, say the majority of the wasps are paper wasps, a relatively new species in this area. The species is so called because adult females chew woody debris to create the one-layer nests in which eggs are laid.
Paper wasps resemble yellow jackets, but have a narrower waistline and longer legs. Another difference is that yellow jackets form a round-shaped, multi-layered nest with an opening at the bottom.
Unlike paper wasps that are more docile, yellow jackets can be aggressive.
“I tell people if you are dealing with yellow jackets, you don’t want to,” said Bush. “They will defend their hives and team up against you.”
All the wasps out now are females, Bush said, working to create nests for the queen to lay her eggs. Workers forage for food to feed the cream-colored grubs as they develop.
Males will emerge later in the summer to mate with the queen before she overwinters to start the process all over.
Landolt has used the opportunity of a larger wasp population to set out lures to test new chemical compounds that mimic food sources to attract wasps to traps.
A goal of the research center is to develop alternatives to pesticides.
Landolt said the larger population this year is a great chance to test the new compounds.
“At this time of year when they have no offspring, the wasps only have to worry about their own nutrition,” Landolt said.
You’re not imagining it — There are plenty of wasps around – Chicago Tribune
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You’re not imagining it — There are plenty of wasps around – Chicago Tribune
If you sense more wasps buzzing around your head, your patio and elsewhere outside your home this spring, you would be correct.
Exterminators and entomologists say record high temperatures late last month brought the creatures out in force after a winter that lacked the kinds of below-freezing temperatures to reduce the number of overwintering adults.
Dan Nyssen, owner of Valley Pest Control, said he was inundated with 100 calls for help immediately after the hot spell. And the calls are still coming.
“I’ve been doing this for 15 years. A lot of times, the wasps go in cycles. This is definitely one of those cycles,” he said in a brief interview in between stops.
While exterminators are busy, a local U.S. Department of Agriculture researcher is testing new chemical attractants to trap wasps.
Mike Bush, a Washington State University extension entomologist and tree-fruit agent, said he also has gotten calls.
His advice: Unless the wasp nests are in high-traffic areas that pose a stinging risk, homeowners should put up with the population. They are beneficial insects, especially if you are a home gardener.
“A lot of people call and are really worried about this,” according to Bush. “I try to tell people that yellow jackets and wasps are beneficial insects. They feed on other insects.”
Among their prey are caterpillars that feed on plants.
Bush and USDA researcher Peter Landolt, assigned to the Parker Heights Agricultural Research Service laboratory, say the majority of the wasps are paper wasps, a relatively new species in this area. The species is so called because adult females chew woody debris to create the one-layer nests in which eggs are laid.
Paper wasps resemble yellow jackets, but have a narrower waistline and longer legs. Another difference is that yellow jackets form a round-shaped, multi-layered nest with an opening at the bottom.
Unlike paper wasps that are more docile, yellow jackets can be aggressive.
“I tell people if you are dealing with yellow jackets, you don’t want to,” said Bush. “They will defend their hives and team up against you.”
All the wasps out now are females, Bush said, working to create nests for the queen to lay her eggs. Workers forage for food to feed the cream-colored grubs as they develop.
Males will emerge later in the summer to mate with the queen before she overwinters to start the process all over.
Landolt has used the opportunity of a larger wasp population to set out lures to test new chemical compounds that mimic food sources to attract wasps to traps.
A goal of the research center is to develop alternatives to pesticides.
Landolt said the larger population this year is a great chance to test the new compounds.
“At this time of year when they have no offspring, the wasps only have to worry about their own nutrition,” Landolt said.
You’re not imagining it — There are plenty of wasps around – Chicago Tribune
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