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There are some truly beautiful beetles around, and they mostly live on a easy-to-come-by diet of fungi and vegetables.
Farming them in great numbers is quite easy, and their size is very uniform, so the process could be automated: Harvesting their hard forewings(elytra), that come in just about every
color and lightness, from ultra-black to iridiscent red, and grafting them onto textiles just like sequins.
How Bohemian (+)
http://reviews.ebay...dZ10000000004272294
[2 fries shy of a happy meal, Jan 30 2009]
baked in some foreign countries...
http://www.insects....d2/beetles_tex.html
[xandram, Feb 03 2009]
close-up of beetle wing fabric
http://www.insects.org/ced2/turban.html
[xandram, Feb 03 2009]
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Can I give [2 fries shy of a happy meal] œ your bun just for the link? |
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In theory, I like the concept. "Scarlet Scarab Beetle" suit; "Ladybird Beetle Carapace" vest, etc. As long as there is no low-budget "Cockroach Coat" version, I'm sold. |
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Or will Cockroach Coats become the chic new Goth Du Jour look? Retro-Punk? (I could see Johnny Rotten in one of those...) |
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(Shouldn't they be plasticized in some way? Rolling around with an "crunchy" coat might be a drag...) |
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Your idea isn't completely original - ([2 fries...] link) - but, because I can't give you œ a bun: [+] |
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On Antiques Roadshow, someone brought in a "painting" that was actually made from thousands of tiny insect wings glued onto canvas. It was neat! Clothes would work too but it's sort of cruel to colorful insects. |
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Surely simpler, by far, to create a high-oxygen vivarium and
selectively breed for people-sized insects. They could then
be hollowed out and used as fully articulated high-fashion
space suits. |
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