Dr. Art Evans
Dr. Art Evans
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 WCVE Public Radio. Visit Evans’ Blog or Facebook pages for more insight into the world of insects.

Stories from Dr. Art Evans...

Where Are The Cicadas?

Entomologist Dr. Art Evans and WCVE producer Steve Clark note that cicadas in Brood II have been out in force for a while now, especially west and north of Richmond. Art photographed the individual below in Deep Run Park in Henrico County.

Report cicada sightings here.

Male Magicicada septendecim

Cool, Wet Spring

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

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)

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

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 2 (Extended)

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.

Learn more about Cicada Watch 2013

Brood II Cicada Research and Citizen Science: Part 1

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)

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?

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

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