DRAWINGS
If you would like to submit drawings of insects doing Swarm Raider things, please do. I will display these free drawings on the website in the art gallery, giving you credit and a link. You must be the copyright owner of the drawing.
To get posted, the drawings should look real.
PHOTOS
If you would like to submit photos of insects doing Swarm Raider things, please do. I will display these free photos on the website in the art gallery, giving you credit and a link. You must be the copyright owner of the photos. Please do not alter original artwork that doesn't belong to you unless you acquire that artist's permission.
To get posted, the photos should look real.
BUG IDENTIFICATION
Please do not send me photos of insects to identify. Instead, send them to BugGuide.net.
STORY AND FAN FICTION
Unfortunately, I cannot accept story or character ideas. I've already outlined the second novel and have a rough summary for the third.
ARTICLES
I'm always on the lookout for interesting new discoveries in entomology, something I can work into my plots. If you find something interesting and obscure, please send me an article link.
For example, a little millipede was discovered thwarting attacking ants with hooking hairs. Very cool! You can bet one of my characters will be using this in a sequel!
It was also reported that the tiny Allomerus ant can subdue much larger prey by using teamwork. That is just too cool!
Other cool and obscure bugs I already know (but I don't want to be too descriptive since I'm going to be using them later):
Wormlions
Horsehair/Gordian Worms
Honey Bees vs Giant Hornets - tactics
The Ultimate Ant
Wasps infiltrating Ant Nests - tactics
Stylops
Dracula Ants
Planidium
SPECIMENS
If there is a bug collector or a museum that would like to showcase a "Swarm Raider" exhibit, i.e. displaying the bugs in Swarm Raider, let me know and I'll try to come out or post about it. (I currently do not have an exhibit of my own so the specimens would need to be provided by the collector or the museum.) Here's a listing of the insects found in Swarm Raider:
Myrmecan Ants: Atta, Veromessor, Crematogaster, Honeypot, Megalomyrmex, Mitara, Hylomyrma, Lordomyrma, Kyidris, Serrastruma, Pheidole, Nothidris, Pyramica
Formican Ants: Crazy Ant Paratrechina
Bull Ant: Tarsata
Army Ants: Dorylus, Eciton,
Beetles: Bombardier Brachinus, Scarab, Giraffe, Aleocharine Xenodusa, toktokkie, Tiger
Bees: Fulva
Termites: nasute, Pericapretermes snapper, Rhinotermitidae
Cockroaches: Blaberus, Blattella Germanica
Myrmecophiles: Caterpillars, Butterflies, Aphids, Scale bugs, crickets
Pill Bug: Armadillidium
Flies: Phorid, Tachinid, Stalk-eyed Fly Diopsis
Spiders: Funnel Web, Bolas , Wolf Lycosa
Wasps: Cuckoo, Ampulex
Silverfish: Nicoletiidae, Thysanura
Giant Earwig
Mosquito: Culex
Ambush Bugs
Assassin Bugs
Ant Lion
Aphid Lion
Grasshoppers
Mole Crickets
Mantids
Scorpions
Thrips
AUTHOR'S E-MAIL ADDRESS
alex at railgun.com
