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...

Lord Howe’s Walking Stick:Part 2

Dr. Art Evans in What's Bugging You?

In part two of a two-part series, Dr. Art Evans, entomologist and WCVE producer Steve Clark chronicle the apparent demise, dramatic rediscovery, and tenuous recovery of one of the world’s largest insects, Lord Howe’s Walking Stick.

Miss Part 1? Listen Here.

Photo: Peter Halasz. (Wikimedia Commons User: Pengo)

Dryococelus Australis

Lord Howe’s Walking Stick

Dr. Art Evans in What's Bugging You?

In part one of a two-part series, Dr. Art Evans, entomologist and WCVE producer Steve Clark chronicle the apparent demise, dramatic rediscovery, and tenuous recovery of one of the world’s largest insects, Lord Howe’s walking stick.

Photo: Granitethighs-Wikimedia Commons

Lord Howe’s walking stick

Mysterious Pupae

Dr. Art Evans in What's Bugging You?

Dr. Art Evans, entomologist and WCVE producer Steve Clark ponder pupae from the garden and discover the pit falls of identifying insects solely from photographs.

Mysterious Pupae

The Flap Over Frap

Dr. Art Evans in What's Bugging You?

Dr. Art Evans, entomologist and WCVE producer Steve Clark examine the past and present use of cochineal. These waxy cactus-feeding insects are gathered, dried, ground up, and used to produce dye for cosmetics, fabrics, and food coloring.

Starbucks has announced it will stop using cochineal extract. Starbucks U.S. president Cliff Burrows says the company will transition to lycopene, a natural tomato-based extract used for coloring.

Photo: Dr. John Brackenbury/Science Photo Library

Cochineal insects (Dactylopius coccus) on a prickly pear cactus stem

Springtime Carpet Beetles

Dr. Art Evans in What's Bugging You?

Dr. Art Evans, entomologist and WCVE producer Steve Clark discuss the indoor and outdoor activities of carpet beetles (Anthrenus species).

Photo: © 2012, Christopher C. Wirth

carpet beetle

Fall Cankerworms

Dr. Art Evans in What's Bugging You?

Dr. Art Evans, entomologist, and WCVE producer Steve Clark marvel at the recent irruption of fall cankerworms in central Virginia.

Fall Cankerworms

Locusts: Plagues and Delicacies

Dr. Art Evans in What's Bugging You?

Dr. Art Evans, entomologist, and WCVE Producer Steve Clark explore the lives of grasshoppers from plagues of biblical proportion to objects of gastronomic delight.

Photo: Jonathan Hornung

Locusts

Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America

Dr. Art Evans in What's Bugging You?

Dr. Art Evans, entomologist and WCVE producer Steve Clark review Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America published by Princeton University Press. Art notes that this book is out just in time for National Moth Week that is coming up on July 23-29, 2012.

For more information on the book, visit here.

To find out more about National Moth Week, visit here.

Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America

Fleas

Dr. Art Evans in What's Bugging You?

What’s eating you?

Dr. Art Evans, entomologist and WCVE producer Steve Clark marvel at fleas, past and present. They discuss the flea’s role in the Black Death, reveal the source of the flea’s jump, and speculate on what ancient flea-like insects recently discovered as fossils in China ate for dinner.

Engraving of a flea

Insect Philately

Dr. Art Evans in What's Bugging You?

Dr. Art Evans, entomologist and WCVE producer Steve Clark explore insect collecting of another kind - insect stamp collecting. The image is a first day cover of a series of beetle postage stamps rendered in 1987 by one of Art's professors at the University of Pretoria, Erik Holm.

Insect Philately Stamp Collecting