We re-imagined Elton John as insects, and it kind of works.

By Dr Bryan Lessard, Georgia Kelleher

Your mum, the people at work – everyone is talking about Elton John and his biographic ‘Rocket Man’. Us? We’re pretty sure we’ve seen some of his looks before … just not hanging in a wardrobe.

In appreciation of brilliant biomimicry (designs that emulate nature). Our friends over at National Research Collections Australia gave us a hand in matching some of Sir Elton’s looks with our intricate insects.

We’re not ones to start a conspiracy theory that Elton was drawing inspiration from insects throughout his entire musical career but, coincidence? We think not.

So, who wore it better? Elton John or Insects?

So are we bugging out? Or is there something going on here?

The Australian National Insect Collection

The Australian National Insect Collection (ANIC) researches a number of major bio-diverse and economically important groups of insects and related animals.

It is the world’s largest collection of Australian insects and related groups, such as mites, spiders, nematodes and centipedes. Recognised worldwide, our collection is growing by more than 100,000 specimens each year, and is currently home to over 12 million specimens.