What Is It? The Challenges of Insect Identification
Entomologist Dr. Art Evans and WCVE producer Steve Clark note the challenges of insect identification and offer up a few tips when trying to identify unfamiliar species.
What's Bugging You?
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 at 8:45 a.m. or at 5:44 p.m. on 88.9 WCVE, Richmond’s Public Radio station.
Visit Evans’ Blog or Facebook pages for more insight into the world of insects.
The Scent of a Beetle
Entomologist Dr. Art Evans and 88.9 WCVE producer Steve Clark discuss some recent research that reveals details about how some longhorn beetles find their mates using pheromones.
Unintended Consequences of Indiscriminate Spraying for Mosquitoes
Entomologist Dr. Art Evans and 88.9 WCVE producer Steve Clark discuss the downside of spraying for mosquitoes and some simple ways to reduce mosquito breeding sites at home.
It’s Lyme Disease Season
Entomologist Dr. Art Evans and 88.9 WCVE producer Steve Clark note that late spring and summer is the peak of Lyme disease season.
For more information on Lyme disease and its prevention, please visit here.
Virginia Jewel Beetles
Entomologist Dr. Art Evans and WCVE producer Steve Clark discuss two of Steve’s springtime jewel beetle finds, the red bud borer, Ptosima gibbicollis, and an as-of-yet-to-be identified species of Chrysobothris.
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