Stories of ordinary entomology

Unknown stories of men and women who changed the world.

Take for example the streets of our cities. Street names are a dedication to people who have distinguished themselves throughout history, our way of recognising their merit and importance: artists, war heroes, sportsmen, partisans, engineers, architects… street after street, all the professional categories are celebrated. All except one.

In the streets, in the squares, in the gardens echoes the oblivion of those who contributed to the progress of our society. Men and women capable of great things: they unravelled the mystery of the cryptometabolia of cave-dwelling beetles, allowed millions of Italian immigrants in America to taste the flavour of a ripe fig and inspired Hollywood colossals. For the sake of knowledge, they stuck to apple trees, travelled in space and had their blood sucked by vampires. Yet, society has marginalised them and even denied them a suburban alleyway. Now, however, the time has come to say enough. To fight this professional injustice, to raise their (our) heads and shout their (our) sacrosanct value to the world.

The book you are about to read wants to erase this outrageous silence forever and recount, once and for all, the exploits of these heroes of culture.

Yes, precisely them, the entomologists.

This book tells glorious and incredible ‘stories of ordinary entomology’.

Publication: April 2025