Forget China, there is a new Insecta Superpower lurking on the horizon.

Picking up on yesterday’s non-human cyborg mini-theme (gods and plants), this 2006 post from Brian Finoki charts the rise of mechanised, militarised insects. Which means it picks up on the Terminator/our-creations-will-destroy-us theme too.

The end of the world could see, not a Noah’s Ark of surviving animals, but perhaps a frightening swarm cloud, or a future aircraft carrier overflowing with mutant cyborgian animal-soldier converts, steering their own destiny long after we have been wiped off the face of the earth. They’ll call it, Rummy’s Ark.

All of this accompanied by stunning images of actual insect cyborgs.

Subtopia: The Entomomechanophilic Army