Photographs by Levon Biss of endangered insects, from an exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History that aims to show what’s at stake if these species are lost entirely:
Extinct and Endangered is comprised of massive, macro shots by Levon Biss, a British photographer who’s amassed a stunningly diverse collection of images with a variety of natural subject matter from dried seeds to iridescent insects. Biss often collaborates with institutions like the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and the Oxford Museum of Natural History, gaining access to their archives and selecting specimens. He then takes about 10,000 individual images using various lenses that are then stitched together to create extraordinarily detailed shots of beetles, moths, and butterflies.
Madeira brimstone
17-year cicada
Ninespotted lady beetle
Lesser wasp moth
Blue calamintha bee
Giant Patagonian bumblebee
Sabertooth longhorn beetle
Raspa silkmoth
[Photos © Levon Biss]
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