To focus on the insect book, the Costas will be splitting their residency into three two-week periods, spending time in the park for parts of May, August and September.

Jim and Leslie Costa will create an insect field guide during their time with Steve Kemp Writers Residency in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

The insects you encounter in Great Smoky Mountains National Park are really an essential part of the park. ... did move their collapsible pits in search of more food, and the rest is history.

We gain surprising information about an elegant insect that has a dark side Think of the insect world, filled with beetles, ants, bees and flies. Which, do you think, is the biggest hoodlum of ...

IDEAS May I have a word: Swarming insects, the paparazzi of the bug world A collective term for the pesky, biting, winged beasties that come for our blood in summer.

The insects you encounter in Great Smoky Mountains National Park are really an essential part of the park. Jim and Leslie Costa's book will show how.

Jim and Leslie Costa will create an insect field guide during their time with Steve Kemp Writers Residency in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.