Arthur V. Evans

Arthur V. Evans is an author, photographer, lecturer, radio broadcaster, and videographer. Art studied at the California State University at Long Beach where he received his bachelor's degree (1981) in entomology and master's degree (1984) in biology. He attended the University of Pretoria, South Africa and earned his doctoral degree (1988) in entomology. He teaches several entomology courses at Randolph-Macon College and University of Richmond. Art is also a Research Associate at the Smithsonian Institution, Virginia Natural History Museum, and California State Collection of Arthropods. He has authored or coauthored 35 peer-reviewed papers on the systematics and biology beetles and other insects, as well as over 140 popular articles and books on insects and spiders. He was a contributing author and photographer to volume II of American Beetles, published by CRC Press (2002) and was co-author of An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles, published by University of California Press (2000). He was a contributing writer for A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert, published by the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum and the University of California (1999). He also coauthored two books on California beetles, Introduction to California Beetles (2004) and Field Guide to Beetles of California (2006), both published by University of California Press. Evans was also coeditor and contributing writer for the volume on insects for Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia (2004). He authored the three invertebrate volumes (insects, arachnids, crustaceans, mollusks, annelids) for the companion series, Grzimek's Student Animal Life Resource (2005). His National Wildlife Foundation Field Guide to Insects and Spider of North America, published by Sterling Publishing Co., appeared in 2007. Art has also written Beetles of Eastern North America (2014), National Geographic Backyard Guide to Insects & Spiders of North America (2017), and Beetles of Western North America (2021) that won a National Outdoor Book Award. His latest book, The Lives of Beetles, was published by Princeton University Press in 2023. Art is currently a managing editor for Beetles of Canada and the United States, an identification manual scheduled for publication in 2026. His animated short in which he co-hosted and co-produced for Richmond Public Radio, Tails of the Luna Moth, was awarded an Emmy at the 64th National Capital Emmys. He lives in Richmond, Virginia. "Dr. Art Evans, entomologist" is on Facebook.