Cultural Entomology

August 28, 2004 3:49 PM

The Gold-Digging Ant-Lions of Indiais but one tale about insects and culture. Although, The Cultural Entomology Digest seems to have been out of circulation for a decade, you can still read about Japanese Crests based on Butterflies, Chinese Cricket Culture and hints of a Greek Cricket culture, Beetles as Religious Symbols or the Insects of MC Escher.
posted by vacapinta (8 comments total)

Great post. Great GoogleAds to go with it. Thanks for the interesting reading.
This is the stuff that makes mefi!
posted by geekyguy at 4:34 PM on August 28, 2004

Here Here! Gold-digging Ant-Lions. That made my day. Well, except for the drawing of the male camel being left behind...but overall, entomology is the coolest.

My dyslexia made me read "Beatles as Religious Symbols" and I thought, oh ick, not those people who think Ringo is God...
posted by Kato at 11:20 PM on August 28, 2004

There is so much good stuff in this post, it makes me feel faint.
The Gold-Digging Ant-Lions of India always worried me in Herodotus - it was so strange and seemingly stupid. Thanks for the link clearing it up.
posted by thatwhichfalls at 12:27 AM on August 29, 2004

I love the CE Digest. It's so sad they don't do it anymore; it's really one of the gretest things on the web.
posted by taz at 1:38 AM on August 29, 2004

Great link. :)

Previously discussed here.
posted by plep at 2:20 AM on August 29, 2004

with herodotus' giant ants explained, the next step would be to figure out those frankincense-guarding flying snakes.
posted by steef at 6:02 AM on August 29, 2004

Ahh...Double post. As always, following in plep's footsteps...
posted by vacapinta at 7:43 AM on August 29, 2004

Well some things are just worth revisiting, vacapinta, and this is one - thanks ;-)
And the ant lion stuff is cool.
posted by madamjujujive at 8:19 AM on August 29, 2004