How Bugs Make the World Go Around with Michael Raupp

Your garden can be a refuge of biodiversity. It houses an astounding number of insects and their kin. Michael Raupp will explain how insects and their relatives help make the world go around by providing important ecosystem services, linking members of food webs, pollinating plants, recycling organic matter, and providing biological control. You will leave with a new appreciation for the important roles insects play in the ecology of your garden and learn how you can build biodiversity in your own backyard.  



Biographical Sketch

Mike’s research and outreach programs focus on global change issues including biodiversity loss, invasive species, climate change, and urbanization. He has received more than a dozen regional, national, and international awards for research, writing, and science communication. A regular guest on NPR, Mike has appeared on all major television networks in this country and several abroad and has been featured on National Geographic, Science Channel, BBC, and PBS. He has made guest appearances with Dr. Oz, Tyra Banks, Hoda Kotb, Robin Roberts, Jay Leno, and several other media luminaries.



His “Bug of the Week” website www.bugoftheweek.com and YouTube channel www.youtube.com/user/BugOfTheWeek demystify insect behavior and natural history to thousands of viewers weekly in more than 200 countries around the world. His most recent book “26 Things that Bug Me” introduces youngsters to the wonders of insects and natural history.

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