A Lifetime of Insect Ecology

I still remember the insect collection required for my high school biology class, not because of any particular fascination with the diversity of the insects but because I hated touching and pinning the dead bodies. I somehow managed, and it is maybe surprising that I ended up working on insects for most of my scientific career. Remembering that abhorrence made me much more sympathetic to students in my entomology classes who suffered the same aversion. We found an alternative. When I look back, I realize that I have raised caterpillars pretty much each summer since 1965. And I have loved it.