3-Minute Insect Essential #31 from the INSECT NEWS NETWORK

SPECIAL ALOHA EDITION: From the Big Island on Hawaii (INN Radio #31). This is Cultural Entomology at its best! To hear the full broadcast, visit www.insectnewsnetwork.com and type in number 31 - that's pound 31 - in the search bar. And be sure to Join the Insect Tribe! Sign up for our newsletter, the Periodical Buzz.

Ok - grab your daytimer or your smartphone, or that calendar where you circle the date for important events. Sometime in the not-so-distant future I am going to invite the leaders of the Insect Tribe to join me on a tropical island retreat center, to enjoy a slice of paradise while we discuss some of the most pivotal ecological and social topics of our time.

We will meet in one of the most remote places on Earth, with panoramic ocean views, where you can swim with dolphins and manta rays, and explore rugged terrain to observe some of the most unique microfauna on the planet.

And get this - we are going to gather at a place called the Dragonfly Ranch.

That's right This was a show that I recorded while researching on the Big Island of Hawaii - it's my special Aloha edition.