Homnivorous Offering, Alkyd on Panel, 36" x 24",12.24.97

In this scene of civilization's denoue- ment, most cicadas are carrying humans (too diminutive to be visible in reproduction here) clenched in their mandibles as tasty morsels for their larvae. How much of our DNA can we splice into that of carrier species, and which of those species would have the best chance of surviving our inevitable demise?