Dr. Arthur V. Evans teams up with WCVE Public Radio producer Steve Clark for a weekly feature, “What’s Bugging You?,” which airs during NPR’s Morning Edition. The program takes its name from another of Evans’ books “What’s Bugging You – A Fond Look at the Animals We Love to Hate.”
Tune-in each Tuesday morning at 8:35 a.m. on 88.9 WCVE, Richmond’s Public Radio station.
Visit Evans’ Blog or Facebook pages for more insight into the world of insects.
What does one do these days if they are interested in data gathering? WCVE Public Radio producer Steve Clark presented the question to entomologist, Dr. Art Evans. He offered up answers from an entomology perspective, as well as other popular “citizen science” opportunities.
Entomologist Dr. Art Evans and WCVE producer Steve Clark discuss the recent discovery of the third extant species of forcepfly from Brazil, known only from a single male specimen.
Photo: The forcepfly from eastern North America, Merope tuber. © 2013, A.V. Evans.
Entomologist Dr. Art Evans and WCVE producer Steve Clark discuss one of the great insect wonders of Patagonia, the Chilean stag beetle, also known as Darwin’s stag beetle.
Photo: Male Chilean stag beetle (Chiasognathus granti Stephens)
Learn more about the genus Chiasognathus here.
Entomologist Dr. Art Evans and WCVE producer Steve Clark discuss beetles associated with fire, including the myth surrounding European stag and current research on the hypersensitive infrared detection system of Melanophila jewel beetles.
Photo: The fire beetle’s infrared organ, located near the base of the middle legs, can detect heat radiation from a distance (New Scientist: Helmut Schmitz/Uni Bonn).
Entomologist Dr. Art Evans and WCVE producer Steve Clark carry on with a thread of conversation concerning the often reviled clothes moth.
Image: Webbing clothes moth, Tineola bisselliella (Hummel)
