Star Trek “Vulcan!” paperback cover by Bob Larkin
Them! (1954)
Dir. Gordon Douglas
Them! (1954)
Dir. Gordon Douglas
Susan Carlson’s textile art
Empire of the Ants (1977)
American International Pictures
Bert I. Gordon
Theatrical poster
The Outer Limits - Season 1, Episode 14 (1963)
The Zanti Misfits
Every year I see dry ice marketed for use by campers, and it’s certainly effective for keeping things cooler longer, but I never see anyone talk about the fact that it’s a tick magnet, to the point that a cooler containing dry ice, even fully closed, is the go-to lure used by field researchers who WANT to attract as many ticks as possible. Here are some tick traps in action:




The fact that people are told to take dry ice with them into the woods, and not told that this is a thing, feels kind of glaring to me???
This happens because dry ice is solid carbon dioxide, and the carbon dioxide in our breath is what ticks use to track us. Not just ticks, either; mosquitoes and other blood-feeding organisms also rely on it. I’ve never been camping myself, but I imagine if you do use dry ice, you should keep it away from where you intend to sit, eat or sleep.
@beast-glatisant relevant to draculas discussion
It came down in the rock. It lives in the well. It grew down there. Poisoning everything. Changing everything.
Color Out of Space (2019) dir. Richard Stanley
Color Out of Space (2019) Directed by Richard Stanley