As the temperatures turn cooler here in the northern hemisphere, I’ve begun to receive an increased number of communications regarding the identities of spiders that were recently noticed in someone’s house. They’ve likely always been there, of course – spiders that commonly live out-of-doors don’t generally seasonally migrate indoors as autumn approaches, it’s just that […]
For all those who have ventured – or about to venture – into the tropics of the Americas, Cornell University Press has recently published a new book that should go far in fostering an understanding of the seemingly bewildering assortment of arthropods possible to encounter there: Insects and Other Arthropods of Tropical America by Paul E. Hanson and Kenji Nishida.
Bringing to a subject that is all-too-often considered “icky” by even some natural history enthusiasts, The Bug Chicks combine their extensive education and experience in the field of entomology with a delightfully humor that puts their audiences at ease with creatures from which they might otherwise recoil and as a result allows them to learn just how fascinating arthropods can be and how important they are to the natural world.