They lined the bookshelf above my desk in the tiny bedroom my sister and I shared. Glass mayonnaise jars that housed crickets, grasshoppers, spiders, beetles—one jar even housed a small garter... Read more >>

I used to watch them, hovering in the air in the middle of the room, seemingly for no reason. Some of my earliest memories involve watching hover flies. I’d hear the gentle purr of their wings... Read more >>

Some say I have sinned. Certain fundamental friends of mine have caught me dancing. I think, since I was dancing by myself, the sin is less severe. Actually, what I was doing is a familiar ritual... Read more >>

I don’t live in the country, so it was somewhat surprising when, around June, I heard the pulsing melody reminiscent of a meadow on a summer evening—a cricket chirping. I first noticed a... Read more >>

When I was nine years old, our fourth-grade class pet was a Madagascar hissing cockroach named Billy. I wanted to take him home on weekends, but my mom wasn’t so keen on the idea. To this day, I... Read more >>

Even Entomologists can sometimes have a sense of humor. Read more >>

This is a short story that I wrote for San Min Publishing in Taiwan. It’s available in a very cute hardcover with CD, in English with Mandarin in the back, upon request. There are five funny,... Read more >>

If you haven’t yet had a run-in with these insidious little bloodsuckers, then consider yourself lucky, because bedbugs have exploded as the new international pest to be reckoned with. Cities... Read more >>

Eating fly eggs, rodent hair, mold, and fecal matter may sound a lot like a challenge on Fear Factor, but it’s just an episode of our daily lives.  Unintended additives—indiscernible... Read more >>

I’m a wimp when it comes to bugs. So when an exceptionally large grasshopper made its way onto my blanket recently as I was lounging at the park, I was a little surprised that I didn’t... Read more >>