David Zhixuan Zhang

Japanese Honeybee

Illustration
2023
Japanese honeybees fend off intruding wasps by huddling together and roasting the aggressor alive using synchronized wingbeats. This illustration depicts the hive as a cult invoking the wrath of their god to smite a heretic.

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Japanese Honeybee
Japanese Honeybee

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David Zhixuan Zhang aka. VIATHINE

“"The Slaughtering Swarm" is a project that explores a variety of arthropods and the unusual survival mechanisms they employ to kill, drawing comparisons between these actions to human behaviours and...” [More]