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Spiny Flower Mantis (Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii)

"Moonlight seascape"(1892) by Alfred Stevens (1823-1906,Belgian)

This work was created with the themes of “decaying beauty” and “sacred stillness.” Like an altar left behind in ruins over long years, it bears a soot-darkened texture and intricate ornamentation. Though decadent in nature, it evokes a subtle sense of salvation, embodying a dark fantasy world." — Virtu More

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish, 1860–1939), "Hawk's Nest" (detail), 1886. Gothenburg Museum of Art. Photo: Hossein Sehatlou.

Satan Views the Whole of Eden, Gustave Dore

Raoul Hynckes (Dutch, b. Belgium, 1893-1973). The Butterfly [De Vlinder], 1935. Oil on canvas. Hans Melchers collection, Museum MORE.

Qingshan Lake in Hangzhou, China

The overturned/empty glass represents the brevity of life.

1905 Art Nouveau perfume bottle | Kate Harris - England

Albert Schindehütte (b. 1939) - from Edgar Allan Poe’s Poetry Album, 1982

Gustav Adolf Spangenberg - Hexenritt (The Witches’ Ride), 1870.

The stairway at the church of Santo Stefano al Ponte in Florence, Italy built in 1574 by Bernardo Buontalenti

The underside of a “weeping” fungus cap. Some tree-dwelling fungi secrete a liquid when they are growing, a process known by botanists as guttation, ridding themselves of excess liquid through their pores.  Photographed by Harvey Roberts

Hamsterley Brass in Oddington.  It’s the only survivor of five memorial brasses commemorated by Ralph Hamsterley before his death in 1518.  It is a memento mori, showing his body wrapped in a shroud with worms consuming his body.