While the Xerces Society’s “Bug Banter” podcast is consistently interesting and informative, I found the 7 January 2025 episode “The Power of Policy: Insect Protection Through State Authority” particularly so.
While I’ve read many books about moths over the years, I am quite looking forward to delving into the pages of this new one in order to discover not only information new to me on the subject but also to learn how the authors have approached their overview of the less commonly understood but very large portion of the Order Lepidoptera.
For those seeking a reference guide that is both affordable as well as portable, Cornell University Press has now published the eminently useful and informative “Pocket Guide to the Insects of Costa Rica” as the most recent addition to their Zona Tropical Publications / Antlion Media series of their Comstock imprint.
Have you been noticing fewer insects about recently? Perhaps not as quite as many butterflies as you once recall there having been? A perceptible decrease in how many bees seem to be buzzing about? If you have, you’re not wrong, but unfortunately you’re also in the minority. Insects aren’t the sort of creatures most people tend to notice – unless one is buzzing about their head or making a tiny hematologic withdrawal from their circulatory system.