Bluebottle Tapestries

If you've ever felt too small to be noticed, consider how much attention one fly in the kitchen gets.

I mapped the cranial nerves and gave them to the tentacles of a bluebottle, shielding a few clownfish from a sea krait. Clownfish change genders at least once in their lives. They start out non-binary, change to male, and then, if they are very strong, they can become female.

Portuguese Man O War. This is a colony of identical zooids hanging out under a gas filled sail with their attending fish. They sting, watch out!

A blue Cornflower, Centaurea Cyanus, also known as bachelor's button, bluebottle, boutonniere flower, hurtsickle or cyani flower. This is an annual flowering plant is native to Europe and is from the Asteraceae family. White Cornflowers can be seen in the background. Photographed in north east Italy.

A blue Cornflower, Centaurea Cyanus, also known as bachelor's button, bluebottle, boutonniere flower, hurtsickle or cyani flower. This is an annual flowering plant is native to Europe and is from the Asteraceae family. White Cornflowers can be seen in the background. Photographed in north east Italy.

Crawling Over your window you think I'm confused I'm waiting for the divergent wasp To complete my current ruse You use a plate-glass screen To protect my chosen target But there's an air-pellet hole I can crawl through to you I am the fly in the ointment I can spread more disease Than the fleas which nibble away At your window display Yes, I am the fly in the ointment I shake you down to say please As you accept the next dose of disease I am the fly, I am the fly, I am the fly, I am the fly Fly in the, fly in the ointment I am the fly, I am the fly, I am the fly, I am the fly Fly in the, fly in the ointment

A blue Cornflower, Centaurea Cyanus, also known as bachelor's button, bluebottle, boutonniere flower, hurtsickle or cyani flower. This is an annual flowering plant is native to Europe and is from the Asteraceae family. White Cornflowers can be seen in the background. Photographed in north east Italy.

Cornflower Meadow pattern

A swarm of bluebottle butterflies gather at a roadside pond to rehydrate and gather salts.

Portuguese Man O War. This is a colony of identical zooids hanging out under a gas filled sail with their attending fish. They sting, watch out!

Cool image of the legendary gents