Welcome to my bark lice blog.
My old website was outdated, so I thought I'd try something new.

On this website, you'll find info about my PhD thesis work on the bark louse genus Ptycta.
Very soon, I'm going to synonymize Ptycta with the genus Copostigma. Then I'll have to start saying "On this website, you'll find info about my PhD thesis work on the bark louse genus Copostigma."

This is what's been keeping me busy...

• I'm headed to Minneapolis on June 20 for the Evolution meeting. I'll present a talk called "Repeated Colonization by Hawaiian Bark Lice."
• In Jan and Feb, 2008, I worked in the insect collection of the Australian Museum in Sydney.
• In March and April, 2008, I collected bark lice in Hawaii on the islands of Maui, Kauai, and Lanai. Kevin, Mary, and I collected more than 5000 Ptycta in 4 weeks. That's a lot of Ptycta. Photos of Hawaii.

For the summer, I'm home in Champaign. I'm spending lots of time at the microscope trying to figure out how many species of Ptycta I have on my hands.