Lives of beetles. It is always nice to have photos purchased for publication. And it is especially nice when the book in question is authored by Virginia Commonwealth University Professor Arthur Evans and published by Princeton University Press. Dr. Evans is a ranking authority on Coleoptera in general and “the” authority on US beetle species. I use a couple of his excellent books regularly and highly recommend them as a source. It's a nice book to give as a gift to someone who is just getting interested in nature or wants to learn more about beetles. It is written for the lay reader but has enough sciency stuff that any naturalist will get a lot out of it.
There are a handful of my photos in this book (not the cover shown on the left) from Costa Rica, SE Asia, and the USA.
Over the last decade or so I've attempted to build a library of arthropod, amphibian, and reptile photos that are of value to researchers, educators, publications, and users in the field of conservation. I have 10,000+ and add a few thousand each year from the tropics and the Eastern US. Seeing them in print is always a pleasure!
“Lives of Beetles” is available from Amazon or the Princeton University Press website. I recommend you buy it before it sells out. Then buy another copy and give it to that niece or nephew who spends too much time playing video games or listening to K-pop. You may set a career path or save a mind, and you certainly won’t do any harm.
BTW, if you live in the USA and are interested in beetles, Dr. Evans’ book “Beetles of Eastern North America” is the bible of beetling in this area and essential for identifying Coleopteran friends. Buy it as a companion to “Lives of Beetles.”
