I have always been fascinated by the giant arthropods that existed 300 million years ago in the Carboniferous Period. They were nowhere near as big as the giant bugs you see in science fiction stories. However, they were still amazing because it is hard to imagine that insects such as those actually lived long ago. I am planning to depict a swarm of these large arthropods in The Kaligen Experiment. I will be drawing inspiration from the bug swarms of Starship Troopers.