About
Writer, blogger, and science communication professional. Author of Insectpedia (Princeton University Press, 2022); Wasps: The Astonishing Diversity of a Misunderstood Insect (Princeton University Press, 2021), also translated to Chinese. Lead author, Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America (Houghton Mifflin, 2007) with Kenn Kaufman. Co-author, Insects Did It First (Xlibris, 2018) with Gregory S. Paulson, and translated into Hebrew. Articles on insects published in Birds & Blooms, Natural History, Missouri Conservationist, Colorado Gardener, Wonderful West Virginia (won an award on their behalf in 2014, first place Magazine Wildlife Article from the Association for Conservation Information), and others. I run the two blogs Bug Eric and Sense of Misplaced. My forthcoming book will be Bugwatching: The Art, Joy, and Importance of Observing Insects, from Princeton University Press. I currently reside in Leavenworth, Kansas, USA, with my partner, Heidi.
Featured Work
Insectpedia
As the subtitle says: "A brief compendium of insect lore," including natural history information of select insects, explanation of entomology terms, profiles of important historical and contemporary entomologists, impacts of insects on people, impacts of humans on insects, and insect-related phenomena such as migration and mass emergence.
