Concept
The Oriental hornet's solar cycle
A literal, not metaphorical, instance of tide-based homeostasis: solar energy harvested by the cuticle, activity correlated with sunlight intensity, the same reinforcing-then-balancing rhythm already claimed for the tide, running in a real insect.
Lineage
- Grows out of
- Reinforcing and balancing rhythm
Where it appears
Treated in
- Part Two — How to PracticeReading Your Own CycleReinforcing loops amplify; balancing loops correct back toward a middle — and everything that survives runs both at once, like a tide.