Author Mark Coakley visited our home with a copy of his latest novel. I am honoured to have been acknowledged in his book! The draft was excellent and now I can savor the finished product...

A riveting entomological thriller...I thoroughly enjoyed this imaginative novel by Mark Coakley.

Introducing the American carrion beetle, Necrophila americana (Family Silphidae). I have a Canon DSLR with two macro lenses but this was taken with my newish iPhone 13 Pro Max. I’m very impressed with the capabilities of this phone!

Another successful pool rescue: the fishfly Nigronia serricornis in the Order Megaloptera.

The gorgeous metallic green tiger beetle, Cicindela sexguttata!

It’s that time of year for the lovely Tiger Bee Fly (Diptera:Bombyliidae). They are parasites of carpenter bees.

Female scorpionfly (Mecoptera:Panorpidae). #bugdex

Finished an interview with Sean Leathong today at noon about the emerald ash borer. Watch for it tonight on CHCH.

Sean at CHCH TV did a nice job editing my interview with him for the news tonight. The Emerald Ash Borer spread must be carefully watched.

Been asked to help with an old microscope and a flea for an upcoming art exhibit at Mac's Museum of Art. Love my job!

Just answered a few questions from Mark McNeil (Hamilton Spectator) about ticks. Dog ticks are becoming more abundant every year!

Did a CHCH TV spot today with Scott Urquart. A woman found a widow spider in her grapes from the grocery store. She pickled it in vodka!

Decomposing body on the TV show "Bones" tonight is covered in darkling beetles. The bug expert on the show called them rove beetles. Awful.

Nice job on editing and airing my interview today on CHCH TV about a black widow false alarm by Melissa Raftis...

McMaster’s ‘Bug Man’ to receive President’s Lifetime Achievement Award | McMaster Daily News shar.es/1dyRfI via ShareThis

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s a very large bug in Marvin’s collection thespec.com/news-story/670…

douganguslee and I love macrophotography. Check out this amazing gigapixel image goo.gl/3XHhZB #gigamacro