Sleeping bees, en español! nationalgeographic.com.es/mundo-animal/s…

Insects are beautiful! So says Madison Magazine: channel3000.com/madison-magazi…

If you happen to be checking out a book at the La Crosse, Wisconsin Public Library on Monday, I will be talking about material featured in my book The Insect Epiphany at 10am! lacrosselibrary.org/event/monday-m…

Join me at Boswell Books in Milwaukee for a celebration of insects and how they affect our lives. It's free! I will be talking on the eve of 11 June... and would love to see you there.

It isn't difficult to see that cutting science funding will make us globally weaker and dangerously more ignorant. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Is your hobby or hidden talent a distraction from your science, or could they augment each other? You can probably guess where my thoughts gravitate: drive.google.com/file/d/1YaoEQb…

A lovely review by Sherilyn Smith of The Insect Epiphany (in the latest issue of American Entomologist): academic.oup.com/ae/article/71/…

シラミ完成しました…。 シラミの彫刻なんて世界初ですかね？

If only I could live with a perpetually scrolling backdrop of insects! Andy Soth from NPR produced this piece for Wisconsin Life, which will air in its entirety sometime in October. Thanks, Andy! wisconsinlife.org/story/uw-la-cr…

Big congratulations to Drew Lysaker, mosquito and arthropod vector biologist extraordinaire! Drew published the first of two manuscripts related to La Crosse Virus and the mystery surrounding its apparent absence... in La Crosse! Now available as a pdf: jamca.kglmeridian.com/view/journals/…

Insects from morning till dusk next Saturday, 13 September in La Crosse, Wisconsin! Join me for an insect walk at Myrick Park from 10am till noon (part of a BioBlitz), then at Pearl Street Books at 6pm for insects, insect stories, and Q&A. I'd love to see you.

If Cranbrook Science Center is within reach, join me on Friday eve for a talk (and book signing) about insects and how they affect human culture! science.cranbrook.edu/visit/events/2…

I will have the grand pleasure of joining Tracey Gallup for a double-header book celebration at Book Beat in Oak Park, Michigan on October 19th from 5-8pm. Expect some epic insect tales! thebookbeat.com/backroom/2025/…

I will be giving a talk about sleeping insects as part of the Brain and Behavior series in the Psychology Department at the University of Michigan. Join if you can! It will take place on October 21 at 12:00 PM in East Hall, room 4464. medicine.umich.edu/dept/michigan-…

The mama and I know how to spend a Saturday afternoon in Ferndale, Michigan. Protesting!

NO KINGS, in Ferndale, Michigan.

The Sericulturist! Raising silkworm moths from eggs, my body partially transformed into the mulberry branches on which they feed, and was promptly overtaken by voracious Bombyx mori caterpillars -- spinning silk cocoons, then eclosing into winged, but flightless adults.

Ready for an entomo-doubleheader deluxe at Daedalus Books? The great Peter Kuper and I will be giving talks about our insect-centered books (Insectopolis & The Insect Epiphany) and doodling in books afterwards. All are welcome to join the fun on 10 November in Portland, Oregon!