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...

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

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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

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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

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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

Dragonflies and Damselflies Field Guide

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A new field guide hits the stands!

Dr. Art Evans, entomologist and WCVE producer Steve Clark review a fabulous new field guide by Dennis Paulson, “Dragonflies and Damselflies of the East,” published by Princeton University Press.

Link mentioned in this segment: United States Geologic Survey webpage for dragonflies and damselflies of Virginia

Photo: R.A. Nonenmacher

Blue Dasher Dragonfly

An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles

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Dr. Art Evans, entomologist and WCVE public Radio producer Steve Clark discuss the factors that determine the proclivities of nascent entomologists and Art’s fondness for beetles – scarabs in particular.

Phileurus truncatus beetles

Lost Ladybug Project

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Dr. Art Evans, entomologist and WCVE producer Steve Clark talk about a citizen science project designed to document North America’s lady beetles, especially the imperiled nine-spotted lady beetle (Coccinella novemnotata), fondly known as “C9.”

To discover more information, visit the Lost Ladybug Project.

Photo Credit: AP/Cornell University, Ellen Woods

Lost Ladybug Project

Earwigs

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Dr. Art Evans, entomologist and WCVE producer Steve Clark discuss the entomological and etymological aspects of earwigs.

Anisolabis maritima
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