Comments on: Insect Architects

by: geetha iyer

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:56:16 +0000

This is the beginning of a hornet’s nest not a paper wasp’s.
cheers
geetha

by: Deepa

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:41:33 +0000

Lovely….I never fail to be amazed at animals’ capability for sustainable architecture, which FAR surpasses that of human beings!

by: bindu

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:16:52 +0000

Great pictures - especially Wasp Nest-1.

by: lakshmi

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:06:22 +0000

Karthik, your posts make me look beyond the obvious in nature..

by: Uma

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:30:38 +0000

This reminds me of the potter wasp that was busy building its multistoreyed apartment on a curtain during our NTP!! I have yet to upload those videos as I have yet to edit out the background conversations - including a lecture of yours!!

by: JN Prasad

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:45:24 +0000

Hi Viji, Hexagonal shapes are supposed to be best space conserving dimension in nature which has no wastage of space and also minimum wastage between two cells while interiors have maximum space for the larvae to grow up.jnp

by: amoghavarsha

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:56:44 +0000

Beautiful post Karthik, now when people look at the wasp nests they know what’s churning

by: vijji

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:32:17 +0000

Fascinating! I wonder why insects create hexagonal cells on the inside though