Barrett Klein
@pupating.bsky.social
Entomologist and entomo-artist reveling in cultural entomology, sleep research, and the intersection of science and art
For all of those entomologists wondering what book Dr. Frankenstein is holding up in Guillermo del Toro's new cinematic masterpiece: www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/...
November 23, 2025 at 3:10 AM
For all of those entomologists wondering what book Dr. Frankenstein is holding up in Guillermo del Toro's new cinematic masterpiece: www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/...
Ready for an entomo-doubleheader deluxe at Daedalus Books? The great Peter Kuper and I will be giving talks about our insect-centered books (Insectopolis & The Insect Epiphany) and doodling in books afterwards. All are welcome to join the fun on 10 November in Portland, Oregon!
November 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Ready for an entomo-doubleheader deluxe at Daedalus Books? The great Peter Kuper and I will be giving talks about our insect-centered books (Insectopolis & The Insect Epiphany) and doodling in books afterwards. All are welcome to join the fun on 10 November in Portland, Oregon!
The Sericulturist! Raising silkworm moths from eggs this summer, my body partially transformed into the mulberry branches on which they feed, and was promptly overtaken by voracious Bombyx mori caterpillars -- spinning their silk cocoons, then eclosing into winged, but flightless adults.
October 31, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The Sericulturist! Raising silkworm moths from eggs this summer, my body partially transformed into the mulberry branches on which they feed, and was promptly overtaken by voracious Bombyx mori caterpillars -- spinning their silk cocoons, then eclosing into winged, but flightless adults.
NO KINGS, in Ferndale, Michigan.
October 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
NO KINGS, in Ferndale, Michigan.
The mama and I know how to spend a Saturday afternoon in Ferndale, Michigan. Protesting!
October 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The mama and I know how to spend a Saturday afternoon in Ferndale, Michigan. Protesting!
I will be giving a talk about sleeping insects as part of the Brain and Behavior series in the Psychology Department at the University of Michigan. Join if you can!
It will take place on October 21 at 12:00 PM in East Hall, room 4464.
medicine.umich.edu/dept/michiga...
It will take place on October 21 at 12:00 PM in East Hall, room 4464.
medicine.umich.edu/dept/michiga...
Sleeping in a Society of Honey Bees: The Tale of a Sleep-Deprived Dancer and Her Unwitting Followers, and the Search for Insect Dreams | Michigan Neuroscience Institute | Michigan Medicine
Foragers of western honey bees (Apis mellifera) famously exhibit waggle dances capable of advertising the destination of a food source to nest mates. When restricted of sleep, a forager dances, but th...
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October 16, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I will be giving a talk about sleeping insects as part of the Brain and Behavior series in the Psychology Department at the University of Michigan. Join if you can!
It will take place on October 21 at 12:00 PM in East Hall, room 4464.
medicine.umich.edu/dept/michiga...
It will take place on October 21 at 12:00 PM in East Hall, room 4464.
medicine.umich.edu/dept/michiga...
I will have the grand pleasure of joining Tracey Gallup for a double-header book celebration at Book Beat in Oak Park, Michigan on October 19th from 5-8pm. Expect some epic insect tales! www.thebookbeat.com/backroom/202...
The Book Beat
A new post was just added to the Book Beat website and newsletter.
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October 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I will have the grand pleasure of joining Tracey Gallup for a double-header book celebration at Book Beat in Oak Park, Michigan on October 19th from 5-8pm. Expect some epic insect tales! www.thebookbeat.com/backroom/202...
If Cranbrook Science Center is within reach, join me on Friday eve for a talk (and book signing) about insects and how they affect human culture! science.cranbrook.edu/visit/events...
Ignite Your Curiosity
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October 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
If Cranbrook Science Center is within reach, join me on Friday eve for a talk (and book signing) about insects and how they affect human culture! science.cranbrook.edu/visit/events...
I've long marveled at and been stumped by those wacky head extensions of treehoppers. This careful research exposes a convincing reason (detect electric fields of enemies) to sport such burdens: www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Electroreception in treehoppers: How extreme morphologies can increase electrical sensitivity
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October 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I've long marveled at and been stumped by those wacky head extensions of treehoppers. This careful research exposes a convincing reason (detect electric fields of enemies) to sport such burdens: www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Border walls are terrible for nature, too.
The U.S.-Mexico border wall may pose perils to pollinators
Early research has shown the federally-funded border wall-in-progress at the U.S.-Mexico border can stop or deter the migration of pivotal pollinators through habitat destruction and the walls themsel...
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October 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
When humor and consequential horror collide -- Peter Kuper's latest masterwork: www.fantagraphics.com/products/wis...
Wish We Weren't Here: Postcards From the Apocalypse
New York Times and Rolling Stone cartoonist Peter Kuper addresses climate change and our oligarchical future in an all-new graphic novel / political cartoon hybrid. 45 years after his first political ...
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October 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
When humor and consequential horror collide -- Peter Kuper's latest masterwork: www.fantagraphics.com/products/wis...
Reposted by Barrett Klein
"The greatest danger to our future is apathy. ... What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." - Vale Jane Goodall (1934-2025).
October 1, 2025 at 11:17 PM
"The greatest danger to our future is apathy. ... What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." - Vale Jane Goodall (1934-2025).
It's difficult to imagine a world without Jane Goodall.
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Jane Goodall, Who Chronicled the Social Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91
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October 2, 2025 at 2:16 AM
It's difficult to imagine a world without Jane Goodall.
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Jobs! Would anyone like to be a professor of cell biology or of anatomy & physiology at the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse?
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Assistant Professor - Cell Biology
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process. Position Title: Assistant Professor - Cel...
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October 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Jobs! Would anyone like to be a professor of cell biology or of anatomy & physiology at the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse?
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Go Maydianne Andrade! She's a superstar. (And not only because she studies black widow spider mating behavior.)
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
It’s not wokeness — it’s human rights
Maydianne Andrade focuses on action and support, not guilt, when helping people to recognize biases and identify ways to change unfair outcomes.
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September 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Go Maydianne Andrade! She's a superstar. (And not only because she studies black widow spider mating behavior.)
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Any food scientists looking for a tenure track position? wisconsin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UW_Com...
Assistant Professor - Food Science
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process. Position Title: Assistant Professor - Foo...
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September 19, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Any food scientists looking for a tenure track position? wisconsin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UW_Com...
Insects from morning till dusk next Saturday, 13 September in La Crosse, Wisconsin! Join me for an insect walk at Myrick Park from 10am till noon (part of a BioBlitz), then at Pearl Street Books at 6pm for insects, insect stories, and Q&A. I'd love to see you.
September 7, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Insects from morning till dusk next Saturday, 13 September in La Crosse, Wisconsin! Join me for an insect walk at Myrick Park from 10am till noon (part of a BioBlitz), then at Pearl Street Books at 6pm for insects, insect stories, and Q&A. I'd love to see you.
Reposted by Barrett Klein
Our recent study on cooperation in spectral bats is featured on CNN.
This is the first publication of my PhD student Marisa Tietge - way to go!
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This is the first publication of my PhD student Marisa Tietge - way to go!
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World’s largest carnivorous bat loves to cuddle | CNN
A new study found the world’s largest carnivorous bat is more social than previously thought. Commonly known as greater false vampire bats, this rare species was observed hunting and playing together ...
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August 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Our recent study on cooperation in spectral bats is featured on CNN.
This is the first publication of my PhD student Marisa Tietge - way to go!
💕🦇💕🦇💕🦇💕🦇💕🦇💕🦇
This is the first publication of my PhD student Marisa Tietge - way to go!
💕🦇💕🦇💕🦇💕🦇💕🦇💕🦇
Big congratulations to Drew Lysaker, mosquito and arthropod vector biologist extraordinaire! Drew published the first of two manuscripts related to La Crosse Virus and the mystery surrounding its apparent absence... in La Crosse! Now available as a pdf: jamca.kglmeridian.com/view/journal...
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August 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Big congratulations to Drew Lysaker, mosquito and arthropod vector biologist extraordinaire! Drew published the first of two manuscripts related to La Crosse Virus and the mystery surrounding its apparent absence... in La Crosse! Now available as a pdf: jamca.kglmeridian.com/view/journal...
If only I could live with a perpetually scrolling backdrop of insects! Andy Soth from NPR produced this piece for Wisconsin Life, which will air in its entirety sometime in October. Thanks, Andy!
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UW-La Crosse entomologist's 'epiphany' reveals our bonds with bugs - Wisconsin Life
When Barrett Klein was 5 years old, he found a dead butterfly in the driveway. Being able to examine this wonder of nature up close, profoundly affected him. “I had this nebulous epiphany that insects...
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August 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
If only I could live with a perpetually scrolling backdrop of insects! Andy Soth from NPR produced this piece for Wisconsin Life, which will air in its entirety sometime in October. Thanks, Andy!
wisconsinlife.org/story/uw-la-...
wisconsinlife.org/story/uw-la-...
A lovely review by Sherilyn Smith of The Insect Epiphany (in the latest issue of American Entomologist): academic.oup.com/ae/article/7...
The Insect Epiphany: How Our Six-Legged Allies Shape Human Culture
Reading Barrett Klein’s book The Insect Epiphany is like sitting at the feet of an expert storyteller who opens one’s eyes to the influence of insects on o
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August 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
A lovely review by Sherilyn Smith of The Insect Epiphany (in the latest issue of American Entomologist): academic.oup.com/ae/article/7...