Cool, Wet Spring

Dr. Art Evans in What's Bugging You?

Entomologist Dr. Art Evans and WCVE producer Steve Clark note the unseasonably cool weather and its effects on insect populations, periodical cicadas in particular.

Learn more, visit Cicada Watch 2013.

Photo: Periodical Cicada, Magicicada septendecim © 2013, Arthur V. Evans. All rights reserved.

Magicicada septendecim
Wilcox's Caterpillar Hunter
Eastern Tent Caterpillar
A March fly, Bibio species

Brood II Research-Citizen Science: Part 3

Dr. Art Evans in What's Bugging You?

Entomologist Dr. Art Evans and WCVE producer Steve Clark talk with Dr. John Cooley of magicicada.org about how people can interact with the surprisingly charismatic periodical cicadas by reproducing their mating calls.

Listen to the Extended Interview here

Learn more about Cicada Watch 2013

mating 13-year cicadas

Brood II Research-Citizen Science: Part 3 (Extended)

Dr. Art Evans in What's Bugging You?

Entomologist Dr. Art Evans and WCVE producer Steve Clark talk with Dr. John Cooley of magicicada.org about how people can interact with the surprisingly charismatic periodical cicadas by reproducing their mating calls.

Photo: A pair of mating 13-year cicadas (Brood XIX). © 2011 Ted MacRae at beetlesinthebush.wordpress.com

mating 13-year cicadas

Brood II Cicada Research and Citizen Science: Part 2

Dr. Art Evans in What's Bugging You?

Entomologist Dr. Art Evans and WCVE Producer Steve Clark talk with Dr. John Cooley of magicicada.org about the puzzle-like distributions of periodical cicada distribution and how citizen scientists can provide critical data that will help reveal the geographical intricacies of Brood II.

Listen to an extended interview

Brood II Cicada Research and Citizen Science: Part 1

Dr. Art Evans in What's Bugging You?

Entomologist Dr. Art Evans and WCVE producer Steve Clark talk with Dr. John Cooley of magicicada.org to learn more about his project to map the broods of periodical cicadas and the role of citizen scientists in this effort.

WCVE Public Radio listeners have the opportunity to make important contributions to Cooley's research. Learn more here.

Brood II Cicada Research and Citizen Science: Part 1 (Extended)

Dr. Art Evans in What's Bugging You?

In this extended interview, Entomologist Dr. Art Evans and WCVE producer Steve Clark talk with Dr. John Cooley of magicicada.org to learn more about his project to map the broods of periodical cicadas and the role of citizen scientists in this effort.

WCVE Public Radio listeners have the opportunity to make important contributions to Cooley’s research. Learn more here.

Photo: Dr. John Cooley. Photo courtesy of magicicada.org

Dr. John Cooley

Cicadas: What’s the Difference?

Dr. Art Evans in What's Bugging You?

Entomologist Dr. Art Evans and WCVE producer Steve Clark discuss the difference between periodical and annual cicadas.

Find out more: Brood II: Cicada Watch 2013

periodical and annual cicada

Twisted-wing Parasites

Dr. Art Evans in What's Bugging You?

Entomologist Dr. Art Evans and WCVE producer Steve Clark marvel over the weird and wonderful ways of the Strepsiptera and consider the ramifications of stylopization.

Photo: A male corioxenid strepsipteran from Texas, © 2009, Mike Quinn.

Twisted-wing Parasites

Studying Beetles in Swaziland

Dr. Art Evans in What's Bugging You?

Entomologist Dr. Art Evans and WCVE producer Steve Clark discuss Art’s new 2014 J-term travel course at Randolph-Macon College, Biodiversity & Systematics of Southern African Beetles, that includes a 10-day field trip to Swaziland.

Beetles in Swaziland

Citizen Science

Dr. Art Evans in What's Bugging You?

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.

Citizen Science