I use this blog primarily to share nature photographs, but most people come here for my posts on scientific posters, insect hotels, and mosquitoes.

In case you’re interested, I went to Reed College (BA) and Brown University (PhD), did post-doctoral research at Washington University and the University of Chicago, then taught evolutionary biology at Swarthmore College from 1997 to 2011.

If my posts have brought you happiness in some way, you can send me a coffee-sized thank you via Ko-fi. Or, if you prefer, via PayPal. Donations help me pay for this blog, which is a money sink.

My full photography site is at https://colinpurrington.smugmug.com:

If you are a teacher and would like to use any of my images in your lectures, please feel free to do so without buying. All I ask is that you do not crop out the watermarks and that you do not publish the images online (e.g., as part of slide decks for your students).

You can also find me on Bluesky.