Book Review | Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse by Dave Goulson
What a gift to have someone as experienced as Dave Goulson, award-winning entomologist, conservationist, and biology professor write this important book on how to become aware of the world of insects all around us. I am now intrigued by how important insects are to all of nature, including ourselves. As a boy growing up in Shropshire, England, Goulson brought some caterpillars home from the school playground. When they transformed into cinnabar moths, his path opened out before him: “This seemed like magic to me—and still does. I was hooked” (p. 1).