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To be or not to be…an Editor?

I am not the most wonderful, eloquent writer but I work at it.  I can easily revise a manuscript a 1000 times and still find a word or even entire sentences to revise or remove after my publication appears. It is remarkable to me that famous scientists like Dr. Charles Michener at University of Kansas…

Renew, Recalibrate, and Ready to Go!

What happened since my last blog in March???  I did not get bored, was not lazy, and did not forget.  In fact, the opposite happened – many exciting developments.  It was easier to Tweet a phrase and update Facebook Entomology groups than to write a ca. 300-word blog.  Now that each of my family members…

Chrysomela 55, online

Many researchers work on Chrysomelidae (leaf beetles), carrying out investigations that range from systematics to chemical controls.  We read each others works in a huge range of journals. If we are lucky, we can travel to society meetings from time to time and meet some of our colleagues. However, it is rare for us to meet…

And down came an exhibition

The traveling exhibit, “Facing up to Beetles: An Entomologist’s Perspective”, has been showing in Wayne, NE, thanks to the efforts of Dr. Barbara Hayford, Professor of Biology at Wayne State College.  The exhibition was dismantled two days ago and today Dr. Hayford sent me the report about the various public and online activities they developed…

Baby insects, sonic youth

One phase of the “Beetles of Peru” project is winding down, so I am pulling new/overlooked projects to the front burner.  Baby cassidines – eggs, larvae, and pupae – are needing some love and attention.  I tackle these species stories in stages, first with fieldwork to find them and assemble fresh samples, second the requests to…

Sara’s Revision of Ogdoecosta

Congratulations to doctoral candidate, Sara López-Pérez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México on the publication of the genus revision that she led.  We have worked together for several years now, with Sara visiting my lab twice and finally our collaboration has a fruit with the first paper published today.  This genus revision has 12 species, including a new species.…