The ‘zine moved online in 1998, but over the months it was apparent that Marlos’ column struck a chord with readers. “As a child growing up in Ohio, I had – and still do - a great fascination with insects.” “People always want to find out what kind of bug they have discovered in the bathroom, outdoors, etc.” he says.
Marlos told Auerbach that he wanted to write a regular column about bugs, even though he had no background in the subject. “It was meant to be a friendly alternative to Martha Stewart with recipes, tips and ideas,” he says. Marlos got his first taste of entomological writing back in the 1990s when he agreed to help his friend Lisa Anne Auerbach with a Xeroxed publication she was producing aptly named American Homebody. So how was “The Bugman” born? Or rather, hatched? His charming wit and boundless enthusiasm for learning is the glue that holds together the popular website “What’s That Bug?”(that’s been an Internet sensation since its introduction in 1998.īecause of the success of the popular website – which drew 2 million people last year from 219 countries – Marlos has just published his first book, The Curious World of Bugs: The Bugman’s Guide to the Mysterious and Remarkable Lives of Things That Crawl” from Penguin Group publishing. Washington, didn’t actively seek out, but one that he wholeheartedly relishes and embraces with sophisticated gusto.Īs a full-time instructor of photography at Los Angeles Community College in their media arts department and occasional part time teacher at Art Center College of Design, Marlos has been leading a double life as the world-famous Bugman for more than a decade.
“The Bugman” is a nom de plume that Daniel Marlos, a resident of Mt. Originally published in the Boulevard Sentinel ( VOLUME XV ISSUE 2)
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