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...

Collecting Insects

Dr. Art Evans in What's Bugging You?

Entomologist Dr. Art Evans and WCVE producer Steve Clark note the pleasures of insect collecting and discuss some of the techniques involved in gathering a diversity of species.

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Insect Fauna: Larvae

Dr. Art Evans in What's Bugging You?

Entomologist Dr. Art Evans and WCVE producer Steve Clark discuss a mostly unseen and certainly under appreciated element of our garden insect fauna--larvae.

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Paper Wasps

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Dr. Art Evans, entomologist and WCVE Public Radio producer Steve Clark comment on the upside of having wasps, especially paper wasps, in the garden.

Photo: Steve Clark

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Cabbage White Butterflies Rescued

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Dr. Art Evans, entomologist and WCVE producer Steve Clark reveal a recent mission to rescue some wayward cabbage white caterpillars and pupae. A European species well established in North America, cabbage whites are one of the few butterfly species considered to be a pest.

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Lord Howe’s Walking Stick:Part 2

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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)

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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

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Mysterious Pupae

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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.

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The Flap Over Frap

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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