EditorialAphritis, Print, Hover flies (family Syrphidae) of the genus Microdon are unusual among the Diptera. Like other members of the subfamily, they are myrmecophiles, meaning they inhabit the nests of ants.
EditorialThe Mystery of the Redemption. Divine Comedy. Italy [Tuscany]; circa 1450. [Miniature only] Paradiso, Canto VII. Beatrice explains to Dante the Mystery of Redemption. They hover before Justinian within the Heaven of Mercury.The Fall, the Annunciation a...
EditorialThe Celestial City. Divine Comedy. Italy [Tuscany]; circa 1450. [Miniature only] Paradiso, Canto XXX. The Empyrean. Beatrice and Dante hover beside the celestial city, with the congregation of the blessed seated on benches around an empty imperial thro...