# Deformed beetle art

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 7, 2001, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deformed-beetle-art/75217 "2001-08-07T01:58:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![ndorward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c2a13f/32.png) [@ndorward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ndorward)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deformed-beetle-art/75217/1 "2001-08-07T01:58:13Z")

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Trying to jog my memory–I recall reading a piece on an artist who draws unsettlingly gorgeous & accurate pictures of beetles who have deformed wingcases because of pollutants in the area. I thought I saw this in the _New York Times Magazine_ but a search on their website didn’t turn it up. Anyone remember the name of the artis t& have a reference to the article in question (which reproduced several of the paintings)?