Good news! Field Guide to the Jewel Beetles of Northeastern North America is finally shipping! If you pre-ordered a copy of the book and you live in Canada, you should be receiving the book any day now (if you haven’t already). If you don’t live in Canada, don’t worry, we haven’t forgotten about you. To make sure that all Canadian orders are filled (including those in forestry research departments and industry), international shipments are being held back a couple of weeks, but should begin shipping by early June.
I’d like to thank everyone who has helped spread the word about the book, especially Ted Macrae, Debbie Hadley, Kate St. John, and Glendon Mellow for blogging about the book, Scott Shalaway for plugging it on his radio show, and those of you who shared the book with your naturalists groups, email listservs and colleagues. Thanks to word-of-mouth and social media, more than 1,100 people placed pre-orders for more than 1,500 copies of the book, which will eventually end up all around the world!
As you can see from the map, there’s a lot of books heading throughout the northeast! Hopefully this will translate into a greater understanding of jewel beetle biology and a lot more people able to identify and monitor invasive species like Emerald Ash Borer. With that in mind, let us know what you think of the guide, and feel free to pass along your favourite jewel beetle discoveries this summer.
A few people have been showing off the newest addition to their natural history libraries; if you’d like to be included in the beetle hunter rogues gallery, email or tweet me a picture of you rocking the field guide.
Glendon Mellow (@FlyingTrilobite) showing off a special ScienceOnline signed copy.
ERMAHGERD! BERG GERL! (@bug_girl)
The Bark Lake Leadership Centre (@BarkLakeLC) is gearing up for a fun-filled summer
The Sharanowski Lab at the University of Manitoba all set to move from Hymenoptera Systematics to Jewel Beetles
@flyingtrilobite The jewel beetle book arrived – lovely to see your beetles in person! twitter.com/leilah/status/…
— Leilah (@leilah) May 15, 2013
New CFN issue printed+ New jewel beetle guide by @bioinfocus + LCBO strike averted—–= 1 good long weekend! twitter.com/CanFieldNat/st…
— Cdn Field-Naturalist (@CanFieldNat) May 17, 2013
Heartiest congratulations!
Hoping I get my copy soon! (And congratulations!)
My life is now complete. I’d thought you’d forgotten about me. Can’t wait.
It’s interesting to peruse the map – I looked for my own house, and there is a pin directly on top of it. If you zoom close enough I think you can see me patiently standing by my mailbox. In the northeast, you could use it to make friends…just find the nearest pin to you and surprise them by showing up on their doorstep with net in hand!
[I tried using the map to figure out if Dick Cheney had preordered a copy, but didn’t have any luck. I’m just going to assume he did.]
How do I order a book? we could use it in our work here on the Tuscarora State Forest
Hi Morgan,
I’m still awaiting my copy. Any news?
Looking forward to it!
Dave
I ordered a copy many months ago and still have not received it. Called the tel. # given but no answer. Anxious to look it over. Any update on orders from the U.S.
Thanks,
Wade
Hi Wade, US orders are shipping courtesy of the US Forest Service, New Hampshire office, but slowly and prioritizing orders in the northeast. I suspect the US Government Shut Down has stopped orders going out, but hopefully books start getting where they need to be soon. In the meantime, feel free to check out the PDF we made available a few months ago here.
Thanks Morgan. I know that many of my beetle-loving friends also ordered the book and are anxiously awaiting it’s arrival. Hopefully, we will get our copies before the next shut-down.
Wade
Hi
How do I get this super book? I called the number listed but got a lot of gobbledygook, with no apparent method for getting the book.
Cheers,
Fred