For all of those entomologists wondering what book Dr. Frankenstein is holding up in Guillermo del Toro's new cinematic masterpiece: www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/...

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!

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

NO KINGS, in Ferndale, Michigan.

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

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/michiga...

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! www.thebookbeat.com/backroom/202...

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...

I've long marveled at and been stumped by those wacky head extensions of treehoppers. This careful research exposes a convincing reason (detect electric fields of enemies) to sport such burdens: www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....

When humor and consequential horror collide -- Peter Kuper's latest masterwork: www.fantagraphics.com/products/wis...

"The greatest danger to our future is apathy. ... What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." - Vale Jane Goodall (1934-2025).

It's difficult to imagine a world without Jane Goodall. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o... www.npr.org/2025/10/01/4...

Jobs! Would anyone like to be a professor of cell biology or of anatomy & physiology at the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse? wisconsin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UW_Com... wisconsin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UW_Com...

Go Maydianne Andrade! She's a superstar. (And not only because she studies black widow spider mating behavior.) www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Any food scientists looking for a tenure track position? wisconsin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UW_Com...

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.

Our recent study on cooperation in spectral bats is featured on CNN. This is the first publication of my PhD student Marisa Tietge - way to go! 💕🦇💕🦇💕🦇💕🦇💕🦇💕🦇

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/journal...

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-...

A lovely review by Sherilyn Smith of The Insect Epiphany (in the latest issue of American Entomologist): academic.oup.com/ae/article/7...

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/1YaoE...

@tomtomorrow.bsky.social @rubenbolling.bsky.social First they come for the comedians, then the cartoonist. Kings fear being laughed at. We have a funny bone to pick with/without a smile on our faces #Colbert #Kimmel #SethMeyers #DailyShow

Thanks for the impromptu lesson @pupating.bsky.social 🪲

We were also mindblown by the reveal that his box o' insects contained an imposter! One of these critters is a model he created...but you'll have to meet him and study them fiercely to discover which one!

Many thanks to our intrepid keynote speaker, Barrett Klein @pupating.bsky.social! We had a delightful time learning about his journey into cultural entomology and #SciArt...and a little dance along the way! There was even a little collaboration cameo with GNSI member Tierney Brosius.

We’ve been on a deep dive in the museum archives this week and you would not believe the letterhead game some of these gentlemen had

Beekeepers: Overwintering honey bees here in Wisconsin is a challenge. Would it be a bad idea to build a custom greenhouse/shelter for our few hives, rigging tubing to allow bees to enter/exit should they need to during the coldest months of the year? What precedence exists for this?

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

Join me at Boswell Books 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.

The cover of this week’s Economist.

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! www.lacrosselibrary.org/event/monday...

Insects are beautiful! So says Madison Magazine: www.channel3000.com/madison-maga...

Entomology... coming to a La Crosse, Wisconsin classroom near you.

Danielle Hudson, with the first Colletes inaequalis male of the season (in La Crosse, Wisconsin)... circling and circling, with no females daring to emerge this early. At least he has Danielle.

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

Dropped a new blog post....

Ozymandias

I just love the way her raptorial claw folds back into its groove

I think about this map a lot. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/201...

How do we stop this tyrant? www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...?

Rivyn designed a flag for our home! Every element symbolizes something poignant and of historical relevance.

Entomology law #7; for every weird bug, there's always one weirder. Cyphonia clavata, photographed in Colombia.

A quickie assembly video… my first! youtu.be/ByrBimj663Y?...

Steven Kutcher brings the arachno-fear to May Berenbaum's 42nd annual Insect Fear Film Fest!

Flanked on all sides by entomophiles, I celebrated this weekend with May Berenbaum's 42nd annual INSECT FEAR FILM FEST! Featured guest: Hollywood arthropod wrangler, Steven Kutcher. Cultural entomology has reached new arachnid heights in this 42nd year of fear (and love).